Paralysed woman's thoughts control a DLR robot

Bonn, Germany (SPX) May 18, 2012
Almost 15 years after being paralysed by a stroke, a 58-year-old US-American woman was once again able to serve herself a drink of coffee. This was possible thanks to a state-of-the-art DLR robot arm and hand that she controlled with neural signals sent directly from her brain. It took just a few moments for her to grasp the drinking bottle with the robot hand, bring it up to her mouth and

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