Special glove helps people with paralyzed hands grasp objects

The Technical University of Munich (TUM) has developed a soft, pneumatic glove that restores the ability of people with paralyzed hands to grasp objects.

To achieve this, researchers at the TUM Chair of Cognitive Systems use electrical signals from the forearm muscles to reliably predict when a person intends to grasp an object.

The invention could one day help people whose hands have been paralyzed as a result of accidents or neurological disorders.

The research is published in Nature Machine Intelligence. ...