Mind-controlled robot gives paralyzed man mobility

Swiss scientists have demonstrated how a partially paralyzed person can control a robot by thought alone, a step they hope will one day allow immobile people to interact with their surroundings through so-called avatars.

By Frank Jordans, Associated Press

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