Rehan Shahid 
Dec 04, 2025
Elon Musk's Neuralink has reached a major breakthrough, revealing that its experimental brain chip now allows paralysed users to control robotic arms using only their thoughts, a milestone that Musk says pushes the future of human–machine integration closer than ever.
Taking to X (formerly Twitter), Elon Musk's Neuralink posted a video featuring Rocky Stoutenburgh, a patient who was paralysed in 2006, who demonstrates his ability to move a robotic arm using only his thoughts, guiding the limb to his face and kissing it.
The company said: “Participants in our clinical trials have extended digital computer control to physical devices such as assistive robotic arms.”
While highlighting some of the future plans, they added, “Over time, we plan to expand the range of devices controllable via Neuralink.”
This initiative marks a unique milestone achievement beyond the device's previous functions, which allowed control of computers and smartphones.
Neuralink was founded to help paralysed patients control devices and regain some movement while using only their thoughts.
The device links a person’s nervous system, known as a brain-computer interface (BCI), which can interpret their brain activity.
Currently, the BCI is undergoing clinical trials to test its initial safety and functionality in patients with mobility-limiting conditions.
