Pioneering studies suggested that motor information in the cortex is coded through the combined actions of large populations of widely tuned neurons rather than by small numbers of highly tuned ...

image: A group of Japanese researchers developed a new concept construction robot for disaster relief situations. This robot has a double swing dual arm mechanism and has drastically improved ...

Implantation of a brain-computer interface (BCI) into tetraplegic participants allowed for consistent control of a robotic arm and hand for reaching and grasping, according to a study performed at the ...

Harvard researchers have developed a personalized control system for a soft wearable shoulder robot that significantly improves arm mobility in individuals with stroke or Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis ...

Control arm selection can be a daunting task for any coil-sprung Jeep owner as the number of choices available today is overwhelming. The fact that so many control arms are nearly identical in ...

For the first time, researchers have used electrical stimulation of the cervical spinal cord to immediately restore arm and hand movement in two patients with chronic moderate-to-severe upper limb ...

SEATTLE — A stroke froze an Auburn man's left side until an experimental brain implant helped him regain significant fine-motor control. Matt Kidd, the first patient to enroll in a University of ...

HOUSTON, Texas — An implanted device that stimulates the vagus nerve has shown promising improvement of arm function in stroke patients in a second small clinical study. While the primary endpoint — ...