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·November 27, 2017·4 min read

Amputees Can Learn to Control a Robotic Arm with Their Minds

Researchers report amputees are able to control a robotic arm with help of brain implants and BMI technology. The study details how brain areas that control both the intact arm and amputated limb can create new connections and learn to control the robotic arm, even years following the loss of a limb.

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·November 25, 2017·4 min read

Nanobots Pass First Stage in “Fantastic Voyage” From Fiction to Fact

An international team of researchers have created remote controlled nanobots from a biodegradable material that they believe could assist doctors in diagnosing diseases and delivering drugs to target sites.

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·October 25, 2017·4 min read

Sacrificing One Life to Save Others: Psychopaths’ Force for ‘Greater Good’

The force by which a person embarks upon a utilitarian act may be predicted by psychopathic traits, a new study reports.

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·October 8, 2017·7 min read

Melding Mind and Machine: How Close Are We?

Researchers investigate advances in BCI and consider the implications of linking our brains up to technology.

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·September 14, 2017·2 min read

Connecting a Human Brain to the Internet in Real Time

A new project dubbed Brainternet can turn the brain into an Internet of Things node online.

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·September 13, 2017·3 min read

Artificial Skin Gives Robotic Hand a Sense of Touch

Newly designed electronic skin allows a robotic hand to sense differences in temperature between hot and cold. Additionally, the skin can interpret computer signals to help the hand reproduce sign language, researchers report.

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·September 12, 2017·3 min read

Self-Reconfiguring Modular Robots Can Merge, Split and Heal While Retaining Full Sensorimotor Control

Researchers have developed modular robots that can become independent robotic entities by merging and splitting. This ability allows the robots to autonomously alter their shape to suit the task at hand. The system is also able to retain sensorimotor control during alteration and self heal by removing or repairing specific parts.

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·August 30, 2017·6 min read

Robotic System Monitors Specific Neurons

Researchers have developed a robotic system that allows them to focus in on specific neurons in the brain. The technology could help answer questions such as how neurons interact with each other as we recall a memory.

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·August 4, 2017·5 min read

Why Humans Find Faulty Robots More Likable

As social robotics is becoming more popular, researchers explore how people react to the technology. They report people show significantly stronger liking to faulty robots than those that interact perfectly.

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·July 25, 2017·4 min read

A Computer That Reads Body Language

A new computer system is able to see hand poses and track multiple people in real time. Researchers say that being able to detect nuances of non-verbal communication, robots will be better able to perceive what humans around them are doing.

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·July 24, 2017·5 min read

Low-Cost Smart Glove Translates American Sign Language Alphabet

Researchers at UCSD have developed a new gesture recognition glove that can wirelessly translate the ASL alphabet into text. The glove can also communicate back by controlling a virtual hand and mimicking gestures.

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·July 18, 2017·4 min read

Empowering Robots for Ethical Behavior

A new Frontiers in Robotics and AI study outlines a concept called Empowerment that may allow robots to adhere to self preservation while serving and protecting humans.