Locomotion (VIDEO)

National Institutes of Natural Sciences

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The right arm muscles and the locomotion center of the man are artificially connected through a computer. His legs are in a relaxed state. When he moves his right hand, the computer catches the signal from his arm and produces signals to his locomotion center to move his legs.

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© Yukio Nishimura

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