A 28-year-old man who fell some 40 feet off a balcony four years ago is getting back on his feet thanks to advancements in brain-controlled robotics technology. The man, identified as Thibault in a new research paper, had his spinal cord severed in the fall, preventing him from moving almost every part of his body.
Paralyzed from the shoulders down, and with only partial control over a single arm, Thibault has been training with a robotic exoskeleton that responds to commands from his own brain, and his progress shows that there may be hope for individuals with devastating spinal injuries to regain their mobility.
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Paralyzed man walks again thanks to brain-controlled exoskeleton originally appeared on BGR.com on Fri, 4 Oct 2019 at 13:04:26 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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