There's rehab applications physical therapy applications. It's just a way to get feedback. Your brain is running you know a process that lets you do these things. And if you damage your brain then it doesn't work anymore. You have to relearn it. This kind of technology could greatly reduce the amount of time it takes to do that. I was very impressed by what this is and what it can do for us.
Can you give a robot a sense of touch? Neil deGrasse Tyson, Chuck Nice and Gary O’Reilly, learn about soft robotics, sensors, and understanding human physiology with co-founders of Organic Robotics Corp, Professor Robert Shepherd and Ilayda Samilgil.
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