Sentences with phrase «controlled robotic exoskeleton»

Ask the hundreds of millions of TV viewers who, that same year, witnessed a paraplegic man kicking off the Soccer FIFA World Cup in Brazil, moving the ball with help from his mind - controlled robotic exoskeleton.

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Together they are aiming to do what sounds miraculous: help paralyzed quadriplegics walk again, not by fixing their lesions or broken spines but by creating wearable robotic exoskeletons controlled by neural signals.

The institute is also working on a robotic «exoskeleton» that could be worn like a suit so that people who lose control of all their limbs might become mobile again.

This noninvasive system for leg muscle stimulation is a promising method and is an advance of our current brain - controlled systems that use virtual reality or a robotic exoskeleton.»

In 2011, Nicolelis made waves by announcing on The Daily Show that he is developing a robotic, thought - controlled «exoskeleton» that will allow paralyzed people to walk again.

Once they mastered this, we outfitted them with static robotic [legs] to move from just controlling the movements of an avatar to controlling an exoskeleton and actually trying to walk.

Brain - machine interfaces (BMIs) are computational systems that allow subjects to use their brain signals to directly control the movements of artificial devices, such as robotic arms, exoskeletons or virtual avatars.

Sub-topics include: actuators, advanced materials, artificial Intelligence, autonomous vehicles, bio-inspired design, exoskeletons, fabrication, field robotics, human - robot interaction, humanoids, industrial robotics, kinematics, machine learning, material science, medical technology, motion planning and control, micro - and nano - robotics, multi-robot control, sensors, service robotics, social and ethical issues, soft robotics, and space, planetary and undersea exploration.

He and colleagues reveal that eight Brazilians paralyzed because of spinal cord injuries regained some small but significant sensation and muscle control in their lower limbs after many months of training with the robotic exoskeleton, and by a virtual reality avatar also controlled by brain signals.

Juliano Pinto, a 29 - year - old paraplegic, kicked off the 2014 World Cup in São Paulo with a robotic exoskeleton suit that he wore and controlled with his mind.