Researchers Developing Mind-Controlled Robotic Legs
From: Robotics Trends - 08/06/2014
By: Denise Roland

Rex Bionics' exoskeleton is being used by US researchers to investigate
brain-machine interface with the hopes of one day giving patients with
complete paralysis could use the robotic legs.

Thought-controlled robotic legs may still seem like the stuff of sci-fi, but
for a group of scientists at the University of Houston in Texas, it is
already a reality.

A research group led by electrical and computer engineering expert Jose Luis
Contreras-Vidal is working on a brain-machine interface that could enable
users to control a pair of robotic legs with their mind.

The scientists are testing the technology on the robotic exoskeleton
developed by Rex Bionics, a New Zealand based company led by British
healthcare investor Jeremy Curnock Cook.

Read the entire article and view a video (1:05) at:
http://www.roboticstrends.com/design_development/article/researchers_developing_mind_controlled_robotic_legs

Links:
Brain-controlled Robotic Legs
http://techemergence.com/mindcontrol-brain-controlled-robotic-legs/

Demonstration of Rex Bionics Exoskeleton - 06/02/2012
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXQMQ_1mhkU

Rex Bionics
http://www.rexbionics.com/

Jose Luis Contreras-Vidal
http://www.ee.uh.edu/faculty/contreras-vidal
http://www.houstonmethodist.org/jose-luis-contreras-vidal-phd