PWR-211 · Robotics, BCI & Shared Autonomy

Neural sensory feedback

Neural feedback can add useful artificial sensation to a prosthesis for selected users; it is not restoration of normal touch.

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Canonical Power learning unit · TLU-PWR-211

With the clinical team, the learner discriminates provider-set feedback levels, uses them in one low-force grasp and reports false sensations, discomfort and device-on versus device-off performance.

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PWR-211 · Neural sensory feedback
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Research depth
deep · 6 bound sources
Risk framing
high regulated device or robotics
Capability self-practice
Qualified supervision is required for the practical method
Pathway membership
Retained external route · SP-HUB-004

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This dossier explains the evidence and its limits. It is not a diagnosis, personal recommendation, assessment, clearance, performance promise or training programme. Actionable teaching appears only when the canonical Power record explicitly authorises it.

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What this power means.

Capability to develop or express neural sensory feedback in a declared context without inheriting broader claims.

What the current evidence supports

Neural feedback can add useful artificial sensation to a prosthesis for selected users; it is not restoration of normal touch.

How to observe or measure it without overclaiming

Force error, object identification, visual-attention burden, sensation stability, adverse events and unfamiliar-task performance device-on/off. This measures the declared configured system and cannot by itself establish broad transfer, unaided ability, safety or legitimacy.

Myth

Electronic nerves restore perfect natural touch

Metric

Force error, object identification, visual-attention burden, sensation stability, adverse events and unfamiliar-task performance device-on/off

Boundary

Report person, device/model/interface, task, assistance, failure state and comparator; the metric is not proof of unaided general capability.

Negative and limiting findings

  • Evidence is dominated by single/few participants and implanted-device configurations, with no device-off sensory restoration.
  • No cited evidence supports perfect, universal or consequence-free performance.

Claims this evidence cannot support

  • Electronic nerves restore perfect natural touch
  • The tool or robot's output proves an unaided, universal or permanent human superpower
  • A successful laboratory task proves independent real-world or clinical capability

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With the clinical team, the learner discriminates provider-set feedback levels, uses them in one low-force grasp and reports false sensations, discomfort and device-on versus device-off performance.

  1. Get readyObtain clinical/research approval and participant confirmation through a reliable communication channel.
  2. Learn the method8 concrete steps teach the permitted method from start to finish.
  3. See right and wrong4 comparisons show correct or safer execution beside common wrong or riskier choices.
  4. PractiseThe clinical protocol sets mapping trials, stimulation, rest and functional repetitions. Repeat only at scheduled visits; remap after interface, device, medication, health or sensation changes.
  5. Check progressConfigured fixture: An approved prosthetic-hand setup pairs three labelled feedback states—open, light contact and firm contact—with clinician-controlled neural or simulated stimulation. An empty paper cup is the only object. The provider logs “Check interface and stimulation authority”, every “Run blinded discrimination” result, the “Test false certainty” response and Force error, object identification, visual-attention burden, sensation stability, adverse events and unfamiliar-task performance device-on/off. Pair every discrimination answer with stimulation or no-stimulation state, provider setting, visual attention, force error, certainty and discomfort; keep clinician changes visible when comparing device-on and device-off trials.

Authority boundary: Titan teaches the complete method; a qualified person controls the parts that require supervision, clearance, specialist equipment, load, dose or progression. The method is Power-specific; its actionability follows this treatment.

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Direct evidence register

Sources that support—and limit—the claim.

Citation roles are explicit. A source may support existence or trainability while simultaneously limiting transfer, certainty, generalisation or safety.

  1. Primary empirical supportLimiting / contrary
    Self-Contained Neuromusculoskeletal Arm Prostheses

    Max Ortiz-Catalan; Enzo Mastinu; Paolo Sassu; Oskar Aszmann; Rickard Brånemark · 2020 · Primary research

  2. Primary empirical supportLimiting / contrary
    Intraneural sensory feedback restores grip force control and motor coordination while using a prosthetic hand

    Francesco Clemente; Giacomo Valle; Marco Controzzi; Ivo Strauss; Francesco Iberite; Thomas Stieglitz; Giuseppe Granata; Paolo M. Rossini; Francesco M. Petrini; Silvestro Micera; Christian Cipriani · 2019 · Primary research

  3. Limiting / contraryOfficial boundary context
    NIST Privacy Framework: A Tool for Improving Privacy Through Enterprise Risk Management, Version 1.0

    National Institute of Standards and Technology · 2020 · Official authority

  4. Limiting / contraryOfficial boundary context
    Cybersecurity in Medical Devices: Quality Management System Considerations and Content of Premarket Submissions

    United States Food and Drug Administration · 2026 · Official authority

  5. Limiting / contraryOfficial boundary context
    Implanted Brain-Computer Interface (BCI) Devices for Patients with Paralysis or Amputation — Non-clinical Testing and Clinical Considerations

    United States Food and Drug Administration · 2021 · Official authority

  6. Limiting / contraryOfficial boundary context
    Recommendation on the Ethics of Neurotechnology

    United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization · 2025 · Official authority

Current teaching and evidence boundary

The next gate remains visible.

External confirmation is required before higher-authority use because: a clinical, high-risk or regulated configuration; a supervision or non-attempt boundary; cultural, community-rights or affected-person authority; a restricted safety or legitimacy boundary.

A Power-specific tutorial is available at /tutorials/pwr-211/. It contains a plain-English method, 8 ordered steps, a worked example, right-versus-wrong comparisons, specific mistakes and corrections, practice, measurement, accessibility, stopping rules and evidence. Its supervised mode remains controlling.