DARPA’s Brain-Controlled Robotic Arm Fast-Tracked, Could Be Available in Just Four Years
Technology • February 2011 • Views: 660
Usually when we report on DARPA’s robotic, brain-controlled prosthetic arm, we’re reporting on news from the lab. Soon we’ll be reporting from clinical trials. On Tuesday the Food and Drug Administration said it would fast-track the DARPA device, pushing it through the approval process with priority assistance in order to get it to amputees—many of which are returning from combat zones—as soon as four years from now.