A person in the MRI machine made a fist, spread his fingers and then made a V sign. Several seconds later, the robotic hand made the same movements. Further research would be needed to decode more complex movements.
The machine for reading brain patterns would also have to become smaller and lighter — like a cap that people could wear as they move about, said ATR researcher Yukiyasu Kamitani.What Honda calls a “brain-machine interface” is an improvement over past methods, such as those that required the brain to be opened surgically to connect to wires.
Other methods that didn’t require such surgery still had to train people in ways to send brain signals or weren’t very accurate in reading the signals, Kamitani said.
Honda unveils thought-guided robot (AP)
Press release: ATR and Honda Successfully Develop New Brain-Machine Interface Creating Technology for Manipulating Robots Using Human Brain Activity
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