Thought-Controlled Robots Helping the Disabled

Josh Welch

robotResearchers at the Defitech Foundation Chair in Brain-Machine Interface at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Switzerland have been developing new technology to help disabled people.  People with disabilities that limit their range of motion often suffer from loneliness and depression and these thought-controlled robots might be the key to turning this trend around.  

This video explains how people with disabilities can control telepresence robots using mental commands.  Let us know what you think in the comments below.