May
25
2006
Honda demonstrates mind-controlled robot hand
Posted by Jeff in General robotics news, Robotic vehicles
In news that will surely stoke the imaginations of SciFi novelists everywhere, AP Business Writer Yuri Kageyama has news of a recent demonstration by Honda in Japan showing a robotic hand — connected to magnetic resonance imaging hardware (MRI) and some powerful software — that was able to replicate some simple hand gestures of the operator by reading his brainwaves.
Honda goes on to say in the article that the “brain-machine interface” technology could have applications in the auto industry (and for Honda’s car business) as well.
Check out the AP article for more details. (Source: AP story, AP Photo by Katsumi Kasahara) – [Jeff James]
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[...] Could this mean no more yelling at the kids to turn down the volume of the DVD player during the next family road trip? Just a furrowed brow and a mental shout could do the trick. (Source: AP via Nxtbot.com) – [Jeff James] [...]
Cool. Honda is getting closer and closer to putting human brains in robot bodies…