Video Illustrating Robotic Neck Brace (VIDEO)
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A Columbia Engineering-designed robotic brace that supports the neck during its natural motion is the first device shown to dramatically assist ALS patients in holding their heads and actively supporting them during range of motion. The comfortable brace incorporates both sensors and actuators to restore roughly 70% of the active range of motion brace and should improve patients' quality of life, not only in improving eye contact during conversation, but also in facilitating the use of eyes as a joystick to control movements on a computer, much as scientist Stephen Hawkins did.
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Haohan Zhang and Sunil K. Agrawal/Columbia Engineering
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