In 1969 researchers at the Department of Physiology and Biophysics from Seattle, WA released their findings of EEG readings taken from a monkey. They showed that a monkey could control a robot arm though neural activity. Further research of EEG readings taken from monkeys soon lead to the re-construction of the “motor” cortex, a region of the cerebral cortex involved in the planning, control, and execution of voluntary movements. A recent study conducted in May, 2008 by the University of Pittsburg showed photographs of a monkeys operating a robotic arm just by thinking.
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