MONKEY TO ROBOT. “Miguel Ângelo Laporta Nicolelis, M.D., P.hD…is a Brazilian scientist, physician and lobbyist, best known for his pioneering work in “reading monkey thought”. He and his colleagues at Duke University implanted electrode arrays into a monkey’s brain that were able to detect the monkey’s motor intent and thus able to control reaching and grasping movements performed by a robotic arm.”
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miguel_Nicolelis