World’s first implanted bionic arm on test in global competition
A few years ago, a patient was implanted with a bionic arm for the first time in the world using control technology developed at Chalmers University of Technology. He is now taking part in Cybathlon, a new international competition in which 74 participants with physical disabilities will compete against each other, using the latest robotic prostheses and other assistive technologies – a sort of ‘Cyborg Olympics’.
The Paralympics will now be followed by the Cybathlon , which takes place in Zürich on October 8th. This is the first major competition to show