Brain-controlled robot arm could beat paralysis

摘要

A simple sip of coffee has brought closer the day when people who have been paralysed or lost limbs can look after themselves by controlling robots with their brain signals.The coffee sip was taken by a 58-year-old woman paralysed in 1996 by a stroke. In the first test of its kind, she guided a flask of coffee to her lips using a robotic arm controlled by her brain.