Quadriplegic Erik Sorto uses robot arm controlled his thought to pick up beer
When Erik Sorto was shot in the back 13 years ago, he was left instantly paralysed from the neck down. Scroll down for video When Erik Sorto was shot in the back 13 years ago, he was left instantly paralysed from the neck down.But now, in a remarkable breakthrough, the father of two has been able to drink a beer independently for the first time in more than a decade HOW DOES IT WORK? That mental image triggered activity in several selected brain cells that in turn caused the robotic arm to move. The 34-year-old recently brought a bottle to his lips using a remarkable robotic arm controlled using nothing but his thoughts Each array contains 96 active electrodes that, in turn, each record the activity of a single neuron in the PPC. In the clinical trial, the surgeons implanted a pair of small electrode arrays in two parts of the PPC of Eric Sorto He started with a handshake and graduating to more complicated tasks.
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