Man Uses Mind-Controlled Prosthetic for the Right Reason

A quadriplegic man used two prosthetic robot arms to feed himself a Twinkie.

If you suffered a severe accident that turned you into a quadriplegic, what’s the first thing you’d do when you get mind-controlled prosthetics? If you said eat a twinkie, good on you. A recent DigitalTrends article discussed Robert “Buz” Chmielewski, a quadriplegic man who lost control and feeling in his hands after an accident in his teens, and now learning to use mind-controlled robotic arms.

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