Robot Controls Human Arm
From: IEEE Spectrum Robotics News - 11/15/2011
By: Erico Guizzo

In an experiment that opens a new chapter in human-machine interaction,
researchers have demonstrated how a robot can control both its arm and a
person’s arm to perform a collaborative task. Using electrodes attached to a
test subject’s biceps and forearm, a small humanoid robot controlled the
human limb to drop a ball through a hoop. The researchers, from the
Montpellier Laboratory of Informatics, Robotics, and Microelectronics, in
France, say that more complex tasks are possible. Their goal is to develop
robotic technologies that can help people suffering from severe motor
disabilities. 

Read the entire article and view a video (2:27) at:
http://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/medical-robots/robot-controls-human-arm

Links:
Project Assist
http://www2.lirmm.fr/assist/

Bruno Vilhena Adorno
http://www.lirmm.fr/~adorno/

Montpellier Laboratory of Informatics, Robotics, and Microelectronics
http://www.lirmm.fr/xml/en/0001-01.html