Severance Begins Development of Brain-AI-Robot Medical Device Operated by Brain Signals

Selected for the Pan-Ministry Advanced Medical Device R&D Initiative
Government Funding of 20.25 Billion Won to Be Invested by 2032

The analysis crew from the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine at Severance Hospital and Gangnam Severance Hospital has begun creating a bidirectional brain-AI-robot built-in medical machine, which permits robots to be managed by way of mind indicators and transmits sensory info detected by the robotic again to the mind.

A analysis crew creating a bidirectional brain-AI-robot built-in medical machine that controls robots by means of mind indicators and feeds sensory info detected by the robotic again to the mind. Severance Hospital

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According to Severance Hospital on June 16, this analysis has been chosen as a brand new venture underneath the “Pan-Ministry Advanced Medical Device R&D Initiative,” collectively promoted by the Ministry of Science and ICT, the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy, the Ministry of Health and Welfare, and the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety. Approximately 30 billion gained in analysis funding will probably be invested over seven years from 2026 to 2032, together with 20.25 billion gained in authorities funding.

The venture is led by Severance Hospital and Gangnam Severance Hospital’s Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, with participation from 9 establishments, together with Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science & Technology (DGIST), Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), and Seoul National University Hospital. The lead group, Angel Robotics, will probably be liable for creating a full-body exoskeleton robotic for sufferers with quadriplegia.

The analysis crew goals to develop medical gadgets that assist restore motor and sensory features in sufferers with restricted limb perform attributable to cervical spinal wire harm or Lou Gehrig’s illness (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, ALS).

Currently, rehabilitation for sufferers with quadriplegia focuses on using residual perform and making use of assistive gadgets. The analysis crew plans to implement a bidirectional system during which AI analyzes a affected person’s motor intent from mind indicators to manage robotic motion, and the robot-detected tactile, stress, and posture info is transmitted again to the mind.

The core applied sciences embody a brain-robot interface, AI-based mind sign encoding and decoding, and an built-in system that connects a full-body exoskeleton robotic by means of ultra-low latency communication.

Severance Hospital and Gangnam Severance Hospital’s Department of Rehabilitation Medicine will probably be liable for verifying the scientific applicability of the exoskeleton robotic, designing scientific trials, and establishing affected person evaluation protocols. Professor Na Dongwook from Severance Hospital’s Department of Rehabilitation Medicine and Professor Choi Wona’s crew from Gangnam Severance Hospital’s Respiratory Rehabilitation Center will take part within the analysis, leveraging their expertise in robotic rehabilitation and administration of sufferers with extreme neuromuscular ailments.

The analysis will proceed in three phases. In the primary part, from 2026 to 2027, the crew will safe core applied sciences for high-density cortical invasive electrodes and the built-in brain-robot system. From 2028 to 2029, the main target will probably be on system integration and scientific trials on sufferers. From 2030 to 2032, the aim will probably be to acquire regulatory approval from the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety and transfer towards commercialization.

Severance Hospital has collected in depth scientific expertise within the subject of robotic rehabilitation, having established Korea’s first robotic gait coaching room in 2011 and opening a robotic rehabilitation middle in 2018. Through this analysis, the hospital plans to confirm the real-world applicability of engineering-based brain-robot techniques in scientific settings.

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