# Official Website: Utah NeuroRobotics Lab

**Type:** source
**Status:** Useful
**Confidence:** Medium
**Source Type:** Official Website
**URL:** https://neurorobotics.ece.utah.edu
**Publisher:** Utah NeuroRobotics Lab, University of Utah (Dept. of Electrical & Computer Engineering)
**Accessed:** 2026-06-18
**Updated:** 2026-06-18

## Summary

The Utah NeuroRobotics Lab's official site (University of Utah ECE department) documents the lab's research on bidirectional neural interfaces for prosthetics, its LUKE Arm neuroprosthesis work, funding announcements, and its partnership with the spinout BIOS. Posts on the site corroborate the lab's translation milestones and collaborators.

## Useful Claims

- The lab, directed by Dr. Jacob George, develops direct neural interfaces that let amputees control a robotic limb by thought while receiving sensory feedback.
- Lab posts describe an academic-industry partnership with BIOS (Biologic Input Output Systems), which licensed the underlying technology from the University of Utah in 2022; George serves as BIOS Chief Scientist.
- The USEAs (Utah Slanted Electrode Arrays) used in the lab's work are manufactured by Blackrock Neurotech, another University of Utah-associated company.
- A September 2025 post documents a $52,928 industry contract from BIOS to support LUKE Arm translation and prepare a new amputee participant for a one-year take-home clinical trial.

## Reliability Notes

This is an official academic-lab source, reliable for the lab's research focus, personnel, funding announcements, and named partners. Lab and university communications can emphasize positive milestones, so clinical-readiness and performance claims should be weighed alongside the peer-reviewed literature (e.g., the 2025 Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation paper on the bidirectional wireless system). Note the URL is on the ECE subdomain; confirm the canonical address before external citation.

## Related Pages

- [Utah NeuroRobotics Lab](utah-neurorobotics-lab.md)
- [Blackrock Neurotech](blackrock-neurotech.md)