Macaque monkeys with electrodes implanted in their brains learned to control a robotic arm with their thoughts, researchers report. Scientists gently restrained the monkeys’ own arms and positioned ...

Recently there's been increasing hope for people who have lost the use of their arms, as various research institutes have started developing prosthetic arms that can be controlled by thought alone. So ...

Robotic arms used by amputees are typically controlled by moving some other part of the body, like the opposite arm. Researchers would like to make such prostheses respond to the whim of the brain.

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. In a U.S. laboratory, a monkey arm is ...

Monkey see, monkey do. And if monkey is a cyborg with a massive robot arm, monkey will do anything it wants. University of Pittsburgh researchers led by Andrew Schwartz have made a monkey control a ...

These days, it’s no surprise to hear about primates controlling a robotic arm with their brains—even paralyzed humans have done it. But how would a brain need to adapt if one of the limbs was missing?

The realm of science-fiction has just taken a big stride towards the world of science fact, with the creation of a prosthetic arm that can be moved solely by thought. Two monkeys, using only ...