Robotic Arm Can Be Controlled with the Mind
From: R&D Magazine - 12/14/2016

For the first time ever researchers at the University of Minnesota developed
a robotic arm that can be controlled through the mind.

"This is the first time in the world that people can operate a robotic arm to
reach and grasp objects in a complex 3D environment using only their thoughts
without a brain implant," Bin He, a University of Minnesota biomedical
engineering professor and lead researcher on the study, said in a statement.
"Just by imagining moving their arms, they were able to move the robotic arm."

The arm is controlled using a noninvasive technique called
electroencephalography (EEG), which is based on brain-computer interfaces. It
records weak electrical activity of the subjects’ brain through a
specialized, high-tech EEG cap fitted with 64 electrodes and converts the
“thoughts” into action by advanced signal processing and machine learning.

Read the entire article at:
http://www.rdmag.com/article/2016/12/robotic-arm-can-be-controlled-mind

Links:
Noninvasive Electroencephalogram Based Control of a Robotic Arm for Reach and
  Grasp Tasks
http://www.nature.com/articles/srep38565

Bin He
http://helab.umn.edu/bhe.htm
http://bme.umn.edu/people/faculty/he.html

Your brain as the ultimate controller (with video 16:00)
https://techtalkscentral.com/interview/brain-ultimate-controller-prof-bin

University of Minnesota Research Shows People Can Control a Robotic Arm with
  Only Their Minds
https://www.mdtmag.com/news/2016/12/university-minnesota-research-shows-people-can-control-robotic-arm-only-their-minds