
JOHN LOK / THE SEATTLE TIMES
The UW's Yoky Matsuoka is leading the quest for robotics that take orders from the brain
In her lab at the University of Washington, Yoky Matsuoka comes face-to-face with the neurobotic hand she is developing. Matsuoka won a MacArthur Foundation "genius award" in part because of her work trying to connect robotic hardware to brain signals as a way to help people with disabilities live fuller lives.