Robot Controlled By Human Brain Cells

destinyland writes "There's a new experiment from the British researchers who created a robot controlled by cultured rat neurons. They're now using a line of human brain neurons to control robots. The neurons are placed onto a multi-electrode dish that registers the neurons' electric signals. 'Every time the robot nears an object, the electrodes generate signals to stimulate the brain. In response, the brain's output is used to drive the wheels of the robot left and right so that it avoids hitting objects. The robot has no additional control from a human or a computer — its sole means of control is from its own brain.'"

Comments

I wasn't worried...at first.

[Adustust]

I always figured we'd be OK. Rats only attack if they're scared right? But people...oh God! Just what we need, a robot that thinks it'd be funny to be a zombie.

Karen Sjet

[gzipped_tar]

Is this the first step to building a Homeworld-style spaceship?

Alas its' first words were...

[gijoel]

Ex-TeR-MiN-AtE! Ex-TeR-MiN-AtE!

790

[morgauxo]

790 is that you?

Re:790

[Anonymous Coward]

And is that... my beloved, darling... morgauxo?

Finally

[Locke2005]

Couple this with the "Robotic hand that can feel", and you got all the ingredients necessary for the first robotic sexual harassment lawsuit!

...unless it's for a sexbot.

[Impy the Impiuos Imp]

This can't turn out well.

Unless it's for a sexbot, of course.

Oh, wait. Even just a few human brain cells are enough to know to steer clear of the oddness of nerds.