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Controlling Robots with the Mind

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the clango-and-company dept.

loucura! writes "Scientific American has a fairly technical article on the real-time control of robotic limbs using recorded neuron patterns. The researcher's macaque has simultaneously controlled two robotic arms in addition to its own arm motion. The amazing thing? One of the arms was 600 miles away. So, they transmitted and translated the "commands" into motion in less than 300 milliseconds!" It's still a long ways off from helping the disabled or making a Dr. Octopus suit, but the potential uses are pretty cool.

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  1. Forget robot arms... by elodan · · Score: 1, Funny

    Can't these people see the potential for robotic genitalia?
    Add some good feedback and you could be boning your g.f while you're 600 miles away! :-)

  2. 600 miles by avandesande · · Score: 3, Funny

    Wow, 600 hundred miles, that is 100 times more amazing than 6 miles away!

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  3. Have you ever controlled a robot... by Marijuana+al-Shehi · · Score: 2, Funny

    ...WITH YOUR MIND?

    [obscure Mr. Show reference].

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  4. Oooops... by Nailer · · Score: 3, Funny

    I actually read that intro as:

    It's still a long ways off from helping the disabled by making a Dr. Octopus suit

    You shoulda seen what I was imagining...

  5. Big deal! by rocjoe71 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Controlling robots with the mind? Pfft! I can levitate birds...

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  6. /. time to posting TWO YEARS? by skinfitz · · Score: 4, Funny

    From the article: In the two years since that day,...

    The incident in question happened two years ago - I guess I'm not the only one who submits articles here only to see them "pending" for a long time. But I'm not bitter.

  7. Screw this. by tigertigr · · Score: 2, Funny

    I'd rather it was "Controlling the Mind with Robots".

  8. Re:600 miles, who cares? by interstellar_donkey · · Score: 4, Funny

    I don't understand the fascination with the 600 mile separation. The people who need to control things directly with their neurons are going to be much more interested in manipulating their immediate environment.

    Vacationing parents might care.

    "Dear, my mind nanny is showing that our little Johnny is thinking about throwing a party now that we're away"

    "We'll see about that!" (holds fingers to temples). 600 miles away, thwap!. "That'll show him!"

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  9. Re:Typing by bytesmythe · · Score: 2, Funny

    Worse, you get carpal BRAIN syndrome... Then where would you be?

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