一名四肢瘫痪的人由于脑控制的机器人外骨骼西服而能够再次行走。到目前为止，该诉讼仅在实验室中进行了测试，但允许患者重新控制他的手臂和手。病人来自里昂，名为Thibault。四年前，他距离阳台上了12米，并从肩膀上瘫痪了。
Professor Alim-Louis Benabid, President of the Clinatec Executive Board, a CEA laboratory, and Professor Emeritus from the University of Grenoble, France, said, ‘Ours is the first semi-invasive wireless brain-computer system designed for long term use to activate all four limbs. Previous brain-computer studies have used more invasive recording devices implanted beneath the outermost membrane of the brain, where they eventually stop working. They have also been connected to wires, limited to creating movement in just one limb, or have focused on restoring movement to patients’ own muscles.’
为了使Thibault（四肢瘫痪的患者）能够恢复这些运动，研究人员将两个记录设备植入了大脑表面，并将其用于收集和传输大脑信号。然后使用将命令发送到外骨骼的算法对这些信号进行解码。蒂波特（Thibault）必须接受几个月的培训，在此期间，他在准备好接受外骨骼之前使用了大脑信号来控制视频游戏头像。一旦他配上了诉讼，他就可以缓慢行走并由自己的酌处权停下来，从而对四肢瘫痪的人来说是一个不可能的壮举。
通过使用诉讼和化身，他最终能够进步，能够在手术后16个月使用双手触及在多维数据集的目标上。蒂博特说，他感觉就像月球上的第一个男人。截至目前，该诉讼不能在实验室之外使用，因为它依赖于天花板安全带，但对于四肢瘫痪而言，这仍然是迈出的一大步。Professor Stephan Chabardes, a neurosurgeon from the CHU of Grenoble-Alpes, France said, ‘Our findings could move us a step closer to helping tetraplegic patients to drive computers using brain signals alone, perhaps starting with driving wheelchairs using brain activity instead of joysticks and progressing to developing an exoskeleton for increased mobility.’
