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Spinal cord stimulators give robotic prostheses a sense of touch

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Spinal cord stimulators give robotic prostheses a sense of touch Medgadget Upper arm prostheses that give their users a sense of touch have been developed in the past (see flashbacks below). These require careful surgical placement of electrodes near the remaining nerves within the stump and precise stimulation of said nerves. Now researchers at the University of Pittsburgh have achieved a remarkable feat of using existing spinal cord stimulators, usually used to treat chronic pain, to produce a sense of touch in the missing limbs of amputees. This can certainly be used to give upper arm prostheses the ability to produce sensory feedback, giving patients a natural way to feel what they interact with. READ MORE

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