Paralysed woman moves robot with her mind

Paralysed woman moves robot with her mind - by Nature Video

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12 жыл бұрын

Cathy Hutchinson has been unable to move her own arms or legs for 15 years. But using the most advanced brain-machine interface ever developed, she can steer a robotic arm towards a bottle, pick it up, and drink her morning coffee. The interface includes a sensor implanted in Cathy's brain, which 'reads' her thoughts, and a decoder, which turns her thoughts into instructions for the robotic arm. In this video, watch Cathy control the arm and hear from the team behind the pioneering study.
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@jaimegarcia9088 10 жыл бұрын

That smile is worth every second and penny spent into this research. =)

@Eldel15 10 жыл бұрын

When she smiled it made me cry. Individuals such as these deserve technology such as this! :)

@vanksism 12 жыл бұрын

She smiled when she got her coffee! Amazing technology and it completely lifts the spirit at the thought of it helping someone in need.

@YOSUP315 9 жыл бұрын

The future is here! We've cracked open the gate to this new world combining mind and machine, the possibilities are endless.

@Rhunyen 12 жыл бұрын

Awesome! My dad, a paraplegic of some 22 years, would have been amazed by this if he'd live to see the day.

@defiantBlaze 12 жыл бұрын

Indeed, this was amazing. It's too complex to think about this: how you can control something completely external, with many angles of possible movement, using only your brain and your concentration, and manage to do something like this. Bravo to the development team, bravo to Cathy.

@eitannovo 12 жыл бұрын

Most touching smile I've ever seen! Congrats on performing that feat - on being able to serve yourself and on helping science progress so critically!

@Trubishka 7 жыл бұрын

It doesn't look perfect and astonishing but look at her smile after she was capable to drink that coffee using her own will. I think that deserves a big thumb up! :) I hope the tehnology will be even more developed in the future.

@Lotridus 12 жыл бұрын

Hats off to the researchers and everyone working on this. Keep up the good work!

@teweldemat 12 жыл бұрын

I have never seen a robot arm moving so gracefully.

@Casualbystander 3 жыл бұрын

Unbelievable. Even crazier that this was so long ago, and I’m just learning about this in my neuroscience class. I can only imagine what’s next!

@4damskii 10 жыл бұрын

I've seen it used alot here in the comments, but "amazing" is really the right word.

@ierapetra23 12 жыл бұрын

Good work guys really proud of the whole team..Briliant minds working for the sake of helping others..Job well done!!

@pennipete 12 жыл бұрын

Wow! Her smile makes it all so worth it!

@amh426 12 жыл бұрын

I shed some tears looking at this. Amazing!!!!

@KushalAshok 12 жыл бұрын

That is fantastic. I hope such researches go on successfully.

@skit555 11 жыл бұрын

One of the most epic thing on the internet! When I think about the complexity of those systems, I'm just amazed by the abilities of those searchers!

@Gunnabee 12 жыл бұрын

Great work Cathy! All the best..

@MrNico1310 12 жыл бұрын

Congratulations to the research team

@ffuriati 12 жыл бұрын

I saw this video in another website and just came here to check it out what I thought: this is the first nice video with no dislikes!! :)

@softerthandough 12 жыл бұрын

wow! that smile on her face is soo touching. the way we take our own limbs for granted... i am glad that victims of paralysis can have their limbs back, albeit in a roundabout way.

@wsLy043 12 жыл бұрын

Indeed it is amazing and hard. Glad that some people are researching and developing this. It helps these people to do things that they wouldn't be able to do anymore.

@MerjaSaarela 10 жыл бұрын

Amazing. Absolutely great!

@opeoluwaomikunle1049 2 жыл бұрын

her smile is everything

@TheGezongaz 12 жыл бұрын

Her smile when drinking the coffee is amazing

@dw807 10 жыл бұрын

It seems to me that when she becomes accustom to the control interface she could work as an industrial robot programmer, working from home through the internet. Every task she makes the arm perform is a program she has written herself.

@daviddaviscrawford3669 6 жыл бұрын

brought me to tears

@ipadm 11 жыл бұрын

I can't imagine that I live in this time!! Incredible!

@Omne118 12 жыл бұрын

You and I both, my friend. This is what I find so beautiful about science and technology.

@wmtrack89 12 жыл бұрын

simply amazing!

@variasdiaz 11 жыл бұрын

Es un avance importante en la aplicación del conocimiento de las neurociencias, informática y rabótica a la salud y a la esperanza de personas con limitaciones y para aquellos que creemos en el esfuerzo del ser humano por superar las dificultades. Es un buen ejemplo de la coordinación y el trabajo en equipo al servicio de la salud.

@DFTVCO 12 жыл бұрын

Biomeds + Technology = A beautiful SMILE

@justin-hall 11 жыл бұрын

This is amazing!

@Venckman 12 жыл бұрын

Yeah, me too. It was beautiful, and so moving to watch.

@KainyStyle 11 жыл бұрын

This is amazing! Go science!

@EclipZeMuzik 6 жыл бұрын

i really like this keep up the good work!

@Snowpanel 12 жыл бұрын

This is beautiful.

@JeffBilkins 12 жыл бұрын

THAT'S UNCLEAR BUT SHE STILL LIKED IT I MEAN THE SMILE ON SIP SEEMED GENUINE ENOUGH

@xiatianzhu9892 12 жыл бұрын

magic work, fantastic

@douglaszanca194 11 жыл бұрын

Que maravilhosa é a capacidade do ser humano em criar dispositivos que possam auxiliar uma pessoa com algum tipo de necessidade, mais oque considero mais extraordinário é a superação do ser humano, essa vontade de viver e mostrar pra si mesmo que é capaz de fazer oque parece impossível, deixar para trás toda sua impotência diante de algumas adversidades e buscar força, ter coragem e crer que é possível. Isso é maravilhoso, é digno de grande respeito, é uma demonstração de que a vida vale a pena.

@CuervoBlack07 12 жыл бұрын

If I remember correctly, the University of Pittsburgh did this already a year ago with monkeys and then with a man who was completely paralyzed using the Bionic Arm built by Dean Kamen and DARPA. But congrats to this woman. I hope she continues helping to trial this.

@raheem24100 10 жыл бұрын

Amazing!!!

@salamandra717 12 жыл бұрын

well work

@tangerinealarm 12 жыл бұрын

This is just wonderful, amazing, brilliant. It makes me want to become a scientist, this sort of thing used to be science fiction and now there's a woman controlling a robot arm with her mind! Her mind controlling a robot arm! It's just mind blowing.

@Ved3sten 8 жыл бұрын

how could someone dislike this?

@morganfreeman8451 6 жыл бұрын

some people want them to stay crippled. jeez u in ur little bubble m8

@sam64 11 жыл бұрын

Incredible

@Fimwind 11 жыл бұрын

You stole my thoughts. Manly tears fell on my cheeks.

@Xiomy223 12 жыл бұрын

AMAZING.

@Agherr08 10 жыл бұрын

Awesome!

@GonzaloBelascuen 12 жыл бұрын

this is amazing

@omkar415star 10 жыл бұрын

How is it even possible that Brain can control things outside our body parts? If this is true then its a great invention!

@jamdev12 12 жыл бұрын

Awesome!!! Great job to the people who worked on this project. One small step for men, women and children. One giant leap for mankind. Though of course I can't help myself think of the destructive ways some people will use this tech in the future. Discovery of the atom was a remarkable feat, but also one that brought the darker side of our specie's desire for knowledge, but for the wrong reasons.

@HealthInsuranceGB 12 жыл бұрын

wow! a brilliant video!

@kartiktrivedi3523 12 жыл бұрын

good work. keep it up.

@TheKingdomOfDragons 12 жыл бұрын

that was truly awesome you people are doing great things :)

@montelongopictureful 12 жыл бұрын

I'm sorry you feel that way.

@vincentgough4295 10 жыл бұрын

i met a stroke victim that's paralyzed and can't speak, i hope he can get this kind of technological help.

@pleasemorefunny 12 жыл бұрын

Nice circle!!!

@TJ90041 10 жыл бұрын

why the dislikes

@sslaxx 10 жыл бұрын

Trolls, idiots, people who're opposed to this on religious and/or ethical grounds... who knows, take your pick.

@MrFuntzel 9 жыл бұрын

sslaxx Why do people always pick on religion? I'm religious and yet i find this beautiful. It would be unethical and selfish to prevent someone who is disabled from doing everyday things. Nowhere in any religion does it really say 'don't help the disabled'.

@sslaxx 9 жыл бұрын

No it does not. But some people are, well... less than rational, and enjoy nothing better than to twist things to support their own warped viewpoints.

@MrFuntzel 9 жыл бұрын

True I agree with that, I'm religious but I have to say a lot of 'religious' people, especially those claiming to be superior in religion and somewhat leaders have a backwards way of thinking and sadly pretend they're representatives of my religion giving it a bad image for other people.

@morganfreeman8451 6 жыл бұрын

they should stay crippled, i bet non of them are paying for their robotics anyways. tax payer money. my money. better spent on parks for the kids init bruv.

@isply 7 жыл бұрын

It's fantastic. I think everyday that the future is already there. Look at her smile! Im happy :)

@zoopyjoobles 11 жыл бұрын

Great comment!

@MKultradude 12 жыл бұрын

I agree this is great. The conflict occurs when people start to think they are gods because humanity is able to create awesome things like this.

@rhondah1587 12 жыл бұрын

Fantastic accomplishment here. I'd like to see them work on a device that could be implanted in the spinal cord that would bridge whatever gap that was created by injury so that these people could ultimately have the use of their own limbs restored. It would seem possible for the right technical person to invent.

@charmainelim8251 11 жыл бұрын

The robot hand is a very good invention!

@Paikerchu13 12 жыл бұрын

@JuanSebastia I'm pretty sure they explained that she needs to think about the motion of her arm.

@xXfk96Xx 12 жыл бұрын

Sad but true

@julianbusty 12 жыл бұрын

so beautiful

@reidhershel09 12 жыл бұрын

cool.. i can imagine our future with these kind of technology. :)

@MultiLegend98 12 жыл бұрын

Thumbs up for you ser

@fikujez 12 жыл бұрын

Yay for science!!!

@sasnyc87 12 жыл бұрын

One small sip for a human, one giant sip for humankind!

@TheRealAbrahamLincoln 12 жыл бұрын

I've watched this video three times. If 3:27 doesn't bring a tear to your eye, you aren't human.

@Teh1337H4x0rz111 12 жыл бұрын

Professor X's style! Jokes aside, I think this is truly fantastic! I only regret the fact that it's still in experimental stages and when released, will obviously be quite expensive.

@JvViLL 12 жыл бұрын

Thank you God for bringning robotic arm to this woman !

@bruniramos 12 жыл бұрын

thx bro, you got it

@Kurohoshita 12 жыл бұрын

Wow, that is seriously AMAZING! This REALLY blows my mind :D The only thing I'm wondering about is..How would that work concretely in the future, so that tetraplegic people can use those devices on their own?You can't just amputate the arm and implant these devices,right? Oh well, I know we're still very far from that actually happening, but it would be great if you could eventually use that concept to create mind-controlled legs for paralyzed people and make them completely independent again :)

@attackofyames 12 жыл бұрын

interesting, (not sarcasm) you put a lot of thought and research into this.

@lkdriver22 12 жыл бұрын

Very cool! Is the robot arm developed by the DLR?

@jmh9932 12 жыл бұрын

If you watch this video without smiling at the end then you truly have no heart

@Nipponing 12 жыл бұрын

Nothing super-new but it's amazing, once we invent a way to use brainwave stronger when interacting with machines this type of technology will change the worlds environment. I hope that when I'm old I can control my TV with my mind.

@200karlos 12 жыл бұрын

with the notion that living with these technologies and to live with her, it is essential .. it's not just your comment

@TheMvM09 12 жыл бұрын

When a parent takes an infant to the doctor for a regular vaccination to prevent some childhood disease, it's because the parent cares for and loves that child. When the doctor's needle goes into his arm, the child will often cry out from the pain. It may look up at the parent, with those big innocent eyes, as if to say, "Look at the horrible thing that's happening to me! Don't you care about my terrible suffering? How can you just stand there and allow this to go on? Don't you love me?"

@SuperGroundControl 12 жыл бұрын

Well done to all scientists and doctors that work for the betterment of all man kind.

@insme 12 жыл бұрын

Manly tears on my face

@igoronline 12 жыл бұрын

Bet she's thinking "I never asked for this".

@A2JakeSauce 10 жыл бұрын

Listen up! If u can do this with a robot arm, you can use this in Virtual Reality games. Yes it is a help to use these for paralyzed people, but you can definitely use it for vr games.

@canadianbachelor7034 9 жыл бұрын

Ya but for for games you have to go both ways, you have to feel stuff

@A2JakeSauce 9 жыл бұрын

just seeing and doing is close enough for now, we can feel the stuff later

@elfguy2007 11 жыл бұрын

An Exoskeleton they have a few prototypes, already seen some videos

@kartiktrivedi3523 12 жыл бұрын

I hope one day i can work with this kind of research.

@dulcemia0051 12 жыл бұрын

Esta rre bueno

@technoholic562 12 жыл бұрын

3:46 brought the biggest smile to my face. :')

@gigaslave 12 жыл бұрын

What has Science done? It has helped her, that's what! Totally funding this if possible.

@jono_craztech 12 жыл бұрын

Why not pre-set the robotic movements on the screen and then let patience to use coursers to select those pre-set movements on the screen?

@lfoseid 12 жыл бұрын

This isn't a commercial for a robotic arm, its just research. How do you think new technology is developed. I cant believe you've found something negative to say about this.

@cjellwood 12 жыл бұрын

I hope she uses this technology responsibly

@rafelingd 12 жыл бұрын

I suspect it's just like learning how to walk. first the movement seems random, but after a while your brain starts to understand wich neurons to fire to get a specific reaction.