First step into restoration of the human motor functions by Daniela Simkova

Wouldn't it be great if we had a robotic companion? Or imagine how great would be the restoration of the motor functions of paralyzed patients. This is what the research in Japan is headed to. Japan scientists are working on a special research of a humanoid robots. The base for the humanoid robot lies in the active use of brain. The scientists take these signals from a monkey's brains, that are transmitted by the Internet from U.S. The research in U.S. is led by Miguel Nicolelis at Duke University in North Carolina. The researchers tried to achieve that monkeys would walk on legs what was fortunately successful. They have recorded their brain activity while walking on their legs and according to this information they determined next moves. There has been detected a success in the controlling the humanoid robot. This fact means that doctors may be able to restore motor functions of a human body in the future. The humanoid robot is nearly as high as a human being. With its height of 155 centimeters and its weight of 85 kilograms can be able to look like one of us. The robot has been developed at the Carnegie Mellon University's Robotic Institute by JST and Christopher Atkeson and has about 51 percent of freedom of motion. The main part, which is the hardware, was developed in the Salt Lake City robotics company by Sarcos. The scientists are into the study of how to make the robotic moves more lifelike and real.

by Daniela Simkova for PocketNews (http://pocketnews.tv)

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