AI milestones in 2007
3 documented milestones from 2007.
I-LIMB: First Commercially Available Multi-Articulating Bionic Hand
In 2007, Touch Bionics of Livingston, Scotland launched the I-LIMB Hand, the first commercially available prosthetic hand with five individually powered, articulating fingers. Within a year roughly 200 patients had received the device, which used myoelectric signals from residual limb muscles to control grip patterns.
LOPES Exoskeleton Robot for Interactive Gait Rehabilitation
Researchers at the University of Twente, led by Jan F. Veneman and colleagues, developed LOPES (Lower Extremity Powered ExoSkeleton), a treadmill-based robotic exoskeleton for interactive gait rehabilitation following stroke, with the system described fully in a 2007 IEEE publication. The robot combined powered hip and knee actuation with impedance control to support or resist patient movement during walking.
Nengo Neural Simulation Software Released by the Computational Neuroscience Research Group, University of Waterloo
Researchers at the Computational Neuroscience Research Group (CNRG) at the University of Waterloo developed Nengo, an open-source software environment for simulating large-scale neural systems using the Neural Engineering Framework, providing tools that bridge high-level network specification with low-level neurophysiological detail.