Tech Article 5-24-11

Through technological advances in robots that help the handicapped and those who cannot live on their own, yet another invention has been created. Cathy Hutchinson, a handicapped women, tested the new robotic moving arm, and finally after 15 years of being unable to take a drink without help of a caregiver, she was able to. The robot is controlled through a chip on the user that records the neurological signals when a person thinks. In Cathy's situation, by thinking about moving her arm to get the cup, the robot in turn recognized the pattern in her neurological signals to the body, and in response it did the action of picking up the cup.