This image shows how a nerve makes a connection with a muscle fiber; however, this is not the typical nerve-muscle connection that makes your brain controls your muscles, this is a nerve-muscle connection that powers a muscle actuator for biohybrid neuroprostheses

This technology we call the myoneural actuator comprises a skeletal muscle that is reinnervated with a pure sensory nerve, instead of a motor nerve. This allows for artificial control of the muscle (instead of volitionally by the brain) for high-performance actuation (due to sensory nerve axon size) to control other organs such as another muscle for sensory feedback, or a failed organ such as the intestine for organ assistance.

My research goal is to design neuroprosthetic systems with high-performance capabilities, so individuals with neurological conditions can perform activities at par with individuals without neurological conditions.