[HTML][HTML] Principles of human movement augmentation and the challenges in making it a reality

J Eden, M Bräcklein, J Ibáñez, DY Barsakcioglu… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Augmenting the body with artificial limbs controlled concurrently to one's natural limbs has
long appeared in science fiction, but recent technological and neuroscientific advances …

The neural resource allocation problem when enhancing human bodies with extra robotic limbs

G Dominijanni, S Shokur, G Salvietti… - Nature Machine …, 2021 - nature.com
The emergence of robotic body augmentation provides exciting innovations that will
revolutionize the fields of robotics, human–machine interaction and wearable electronics …

Human motor augmentation with an extra robotic arm without functional interference

G Dominijanni, DL Pinheiro, L Pollina, B Orset… - Science Robotics, 2023 - science.org
Extra robotic arms (XRAs) are gaining interest in neuroscience and robotics, offering
potential tools for daily activities. However, this compelling opportunity poses new …

Reading and modulating cortical β bursts from motor unit spiking activity

M Bräcklein, DY Barsakcioglu… - Journal of …, 2022 - Soc Neuroscience
β Oscillations (13–30 Hz) are ubiquitous in the human motor nervous system. Yet, their
origins and roles are unknown. Traditionally, β activity has been treated as a stationary …

Evolution of surface electromyography: From muscle electrophysiology towards neural recording and interfacing

D Farina, RM Enoka - Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology, 2023 - Elsevier
Surface electromyography (EMG) comprises a recording of electrical activity from the body
surface generated by muscle fibres during muscle contractions. Its characteristics depend on …

The control and training of single motor units in isometric tasks are constrained by a common input signal

M Bräcklein, DY Barsakcioglu, J Ibáñez, J Eden… - Elife, 2022 - elifesciences.org
Recent developments in neural interfaces enable the real-time and non-invasive tracking of
motor neuron spiking activity. Such novel interfaces could provide a promising basis for …

Organic Electronics Circuitry for In Situ Real‐Time Processing of Electrophysiological Signals

A De Salvo, F Rondelli, M Di Lauro… - Advanced Materials …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The next generation of brain–machine interfaces are envisioned to couple signal
transduction, filtering, and sorting on board with minimum power consumption and maximum …

Simultaneous control of natural and extra degrees of freedom by isometric force and electromyographic activity in the muscle-to-force null space

S Gurgone, D Borzelli, P De Pasquale… - Journal of Neural …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Objective. Muscle activation patterns in the muscle-to-force null space, ie patterns that do not
generate task-relevant forces, may provide an opportunity for motor augmentation by …

A generic noninvasive neuromotor interface for human-computer interaction

Ctrl-labs at Reality Labs, D Sussillo, P Kaifosh… - bioRxiv, 2024 - biorxiv.org
Since the advent of computing, humans have sought computer input technologies that are
expressive, intuitive, and universal. While diverse modalities have been developed …

Standard intensities of transcranial alternating current stimulation over the motor cortex do not entrain corticospinal inputs to motor neurons

J Ibáñez, B Zicher, KE Brown, L Rocchi… - The Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Transcranial alternating current stimulation (TACS) is commonly used to synchronize a
cortical area and its outputs to the stimulus waveform, but gathering evidence for this based …