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06-13-2014, 08:30 PM
Paraplegic Performs World Cup’s Ceremonial First Kick in Mind-Controlled Robotic Suit
The 2014 FIFA World Cup kicked off yesterday with a very special ceremonial first kick.*Julia** Pinto, a 29-year old paraplegic, kicked the official game ball a short distance with the help of a robotic exoskeleton that he controlled with just his mind.http://cdn.medgadget.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/world-cup-kick.gif
The mind-controlled robotic suit is the invention of*Miguel Nicolelis, a Brazilian scientist at Duke University whom we’ve written about numerous times in the past for his work on*brain-machine interfaces. Named the*Bra-Santos Dumont after*Brazil and Albert Santos-Dumont, an aviation pioneer who was born in Brazil, the suit works by reading*neural signals from the brain using*a cap fitted with sensors. The signals are decoded and command a pair of hydraulic legs to move. The*Bra-Santos Dumont also contains artificial skin in the soles of its feet that contain pressure, temperature, and speed sensors. The skin allows the user to receive a kind of tactile stimulation when walking with*the exoskeleton by vibrating the user’s arm when the foot touches the ground.
Looking at the screengrab of the kick, it’s unlikely that the*Bra-Santos Dumont exoskeleton will instantly give you Cristia** Ronaldo*skills, but it should certainly give some hope to soccer futbol players who have lost the use of their legs.
More coverage from the BBC:*Paraplegic in robotic suit kicks off World Cup… (http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-27812218)
More info: Laboratory of Dr. Miguel Nicolelis… (http://www.nicolelislab.net/)
Dr. Miguel Nicolelis flashbacks: Neural Link Lets One Rat’s Brain Guide A**ther (w/video)… (http://www.medgadget.com/2013/02/rat-to-rat-interface-wvideo.html); Researchers Develop Sense of Infrared Sight in Rats With Goal of Bringing Visible Sight to Blind People (w/video) … (http://www.medgadget.com/2013/02/researchers-bring-sense-of-infrared-sight-to-rats-with-goal-of-bringing-visible-sight-to-blind-people-wvideo.html); Brain-Computer Interfaces, Mind-Controlled Robotic Avatars, and Our Self-Realization … (http://www.medgadget.com/2012/06/brain-computer-interfaces-mind-controlled-robotic-avatars-and-our-self-realization.html); TEDMED 2012 Day 2 – Rockstar Scientists, and Patients, Aiming to K**ck Out Disease … (http://www.medgadget.com/2012/04/tedmed-2012-day-2-rockstar-scientists-and-patients-aiming-to-k**ck-out-disease.html);
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The 2014 FIFA World Cup kicked off yesterday with a very special ceremonial first kick.*Julia** Pinto, a 29-year old paraplegic, kicked the official game ball a short distance with the help of a robotic exoskeleton that he controlled with just his mind.http://cdn.medgadget.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/world-cup-kick.gif
The mind-controlled robotic suit is the invention of*Miguel Nicolelis, a Brazilian scientist at Duke University whom we’ve written about numerous times in the past for his work on*brain-machine interfaces. Named the*Bra-Santos Dumont after*Brazil and Albert Santos-Dumont, an aviation pioneer who was born in Brazil, the suit works by reading*neural signals from the brain using*a cap fitted with sensors. The signals are decoded and command a pair of hydraulic legs to move. The*Bra-Santos Dumont also contains artificial skin in the soles of its feet that contain pressure, temperature, and speed sensors. The skin allows the user to receive a kind of tactile stimulation when walking with*the exoskeleton by vibrating the user’s arm when the foot touches the ground.
Looking at the screengrab of the kick, it’s unlikely that the*Bra-Santos Dumont exoskeleton will instantly give you Cristia** Ronaldo*skills, but it should certainly give some hope to soccer futbol players who have lost the use of their legs.
More coverage from the BBC:*Paraplegic in robotic suit kicks off World Cup… (http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-27812218)
More info: Laboratory of Dr. Miguel Nicolelis… (http://www.nicolelislab.net/)
Dr. Miguel Nicolelis flashbacks: Neural Link Lets One Rat’s Brain Guide A**ther (w/video)… (http://www.medgadget.com/2013/02/rat-to-rat-interface-wvideo.html); Researchers Develop Sense of Infrared Sight in Rats With Goal of Bringing Visible Sight to Blind People (w/video) … (http://www.medgadget.com/2013/02/researchers-bring-sense-of-infrared-sight-to-rats-with-goal-of-bringing-visible-sight-to-blind-people-wvideo.html); Brain-Computer Interfaces, Mind-Controlled Robotic Avatars, and Our Self-Realization … (http://www.medgadget.com/2012/06/brain-computer-interfaces-mind-controlled-robotic-avatars-and-our-self-realization.html); TEDMED 2012 Day 2 – Rockstar Scientists, and Patients, Aiming to K**ck Out Disease … (http://www.medgadget.com/2012/04/tedmed-2012-day-2-rockstar-scientists-and-patients-aiming-to-k**ck-out-disease.html);
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