HUMAN-EXOSKELETON INTERFACE. “Leading the research was Miguel Nicolelis, a neurobiologist best-known of late for helping a 29-year-old paraplegic man kick off the 2014 World Cup with a brain-controlled exoskeleton. Nicolelis’ group has been wiring animal brains to machines since 1999, when they connected a rat to a robot arm.”
http://www.wired.com/2015/07/science-can-learn-wiring-monkey-brains-together/