Paralyzed Man Feels Touch through Mind-Controlled Robot Hand From: ECN Magazine - 10/13/2016 A paralyzed man is regaining a sense of touch while using a mind-controlled robotic hand, feeling subtle pressure in his own fingers when the artificial ones are touched. The experiment reported is an early step in the quest to create prosthetics that can feel. How it works: Tiny chips implanted in Nathan Copeland's brain are bypassing his broken spinal cord, relaying electrical signals that govern movement and sensation to and from that robotic arm. After placing sensors in prosthetics the next hurdle is how to allow feedback to and from those sensors. For amputees, some scientists are attempting to wire nerves left in the remaining part of the person's natural limb directly to the robotic arm. While the work is in just one patient, it's a step toward creating touch capability, said Richard Andersen, a neuroscientist at the California Institute of Technology whose team also studies mind-controlled prosthetics and is about to begin a similar experiment. Read the entire article at: https://www.ecnmag.com/news/2016/10/paralyzed-man-feels-touch-through-mind-controlled-robot-hand http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2016/10/13/health/ap-us-med-robotic-touch.html Links: University of Pittsburgh / UPMC Collaboration Helps Enable Sensation in Mind-Controlled Robotic Arm http://www.rehabpub.com/2016/10/university-pittsburghupmc-collaboration-helps-enable-sensation-mind-controlled-robotic-arm Researchers add sense of touch to brain-controlled prosthetic limb http://www.evaluationengineering.com/researchers-add-sense-touch-brain-controlled-prosthetic-limb Robotics Breakthrough Helps Paralyzed Man Feel Fingers www.rdmag.com/article/2016/10/robotics-breakthrough-helps-paralyzed-man-feel-fingers Brain implant allows paralyzed man to feel again https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/to-your-health/wp/2016/10/13/in-a-medical-first-brain-implant-allows-paralyzed-man-to-feel-again Paralyzed Man Uses Mind-Controlled Robot Hand to Feel https://www.pddnet.com/news/2016/10/paralyzed-man-uses-mind-controlled-robot-hand-feel Brain Computer Interface Helps Paralyzed Man Feel Again https://www.mdtmag.com/news/2016/10/first-brain-computer-interface-helps-paralyzed-man-feel-again DARPA Helps Paralyzed Man Feel Again Using a Brain-Controlled Robotic Arm https://www.wirelessdesignmag.com/news/2016/10/darpa-helps-paralyzed-man-feel-again-using-brain-controlled-robotic-arm Caltech Andersen Lab https://www.vis.caltech.edu Richard Andersen https://www.bbe.caltech.edu/content/richard-andersen https://www.vis.caltech.edu/people/andersen_short_bio Human Prosthetics for Paralysis http://tomek.bci-lab.info/links-edu/humanprostheticsforparalysisrichardandersenattedxcaltech