Robotics and artificial intelligence meet medicine
Hello community, here again to share interesting information with all of you, recently I have been reading about some very interesting medical advances, which leave most people who for some reason have had quadriplegia, ie loss of sensory and motor capacity of both upper and lower limbs, usually this is due to a spinal cord injury, which is responsible for transporting motor signals from the brain to the hands and feet, and to carry the sensitive signals from the extremities to the brain for processing.
Naturally this is a very complex process, in which millions of nerve cells (neurons) participate, and which is carried out in a matter of milliseconds, this whole process is very fast, in which once something is perceived, this information is transported to the brain so that later it processes it and generates a reaction, which is transported by a series of nerves that will activate a determined group of muscles, it sounds simple, but it really is not.
Until now, very advanced technology had been used to try to mimic this process, for what purpose?, in order to give back to people who have lost this natural condition. Many experiments had been carried out on monkeys and chimpanzees, but since these animals do not have the ability to transmit information as we humans do, it has been very difficult to determine more precisely the degree of progress.
But, in 2004, an American citizen named Copeland had an accident and the spinal cord injury he suffered left him totally limited in movement and sensation from the neck down. He volunteered for the scientists conducting this experiment to test their prototype on him. The first step was to perform neurosurgery to implant a series of microelectrodes in the cerebral motor cortex that would allow him to carry the impulses generated there to a robotic arm and make it move.
But the experiment does not end there, it has also incorporated electrodes in the cerebral sensory cortex, which allows it, of course, to be activated with the impulses it perceives through the electrodes and also to pass the information to the motor cortex so that it gives the order and executes the necessary movement.
I particularly think this is great news, incorporating robotics and medicine for this purpose is a great achievement, and many will be hopeful for this great work.
Hoping that this post is to your liking, I bid you farewell.
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Robotics and artificial intelligence have come together for what many of us thought was impossible to see or for someone to create, definitely the advances are amazing and of great help as you express it for people with some kind of need that these two tools can solve.
thanks for sharing
Let's hope that they always unite for beneficial purposes for humanity and not the opposite. This is just the beginning, but it's great.
hello @josevas217,
technology invading all areas of human life, in my view it is only a matter of time before scientists can efficiently connect the human brain with robotic parts and that will create a whole industry, I imagine it will be common to change body parts to make a person stronger or faster.
It is likely that this will happen, for now the purpose is to be able to return to mobility parts of the body in people who have been paralyzed by accidents, however, surely they will be able to give other uses.
Technology has made great contributions to medicine in terms of the use of robots. I have also seen experiments with implants placed in contact with the cerebral cortex, this has shown that they can collect information and transmit it to a robotic limb, although I have seen that it takes time to learn to control it. These advances would undoubtedly allow people to regain some of their autonomy, let's hope that the technology reaches its maturity point soon and these solutions reach so many people who need them. Greetings my friend.
Yes, that is also a reality, but it implies a process of re-learning, as you say. There are advances, things that we don't even think are happening.
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Technology keeps making life easier to live, and giving hope to those who are hopeless. This is definitely another intervention in technology and medicine.
The next step though is to device a way to make these inventions affordable to people who cannot pay high costs of treatment and procedures.
The detail of the cost is something very real and significant, we cannot currently afford that, much less in the experimental phase. The lowering of costs arises with massification, generally.
A great greeting, technological advances in the field of medicine have definitely improved our quality of life and are a clear example of resistance to accept that we must die when our conditions do not generate a good in a community, as wild animals do. There we go, knowing processes and extending our existence on the planet. Good information
The struggle to achieve an increase in the quantity and quality of life has been going on since time immemorial, however, there have been advances, but death is always certain, at some point in our lives.
Spinal cord injuries are so dangerous that most people lose the sensation or ability to love a specific part of their body, and sadly, I've never read about anyone in my country who has suffered from this type of injury and was able to return to his normal life through surgery, but after reading your post and knowing that someone contributed to testing new technology in order to get back to his normal life, I'm really happy and optimistic that they will be able to help patients with similar conditions.
I am trained and have worked in the medical field, so if I have had the opportunity to treat many people with such ailments produced by a spinal cord injury, it implies a great change and affectation of personal and family psychology, so defining the work you are doing is transcendental.