AutismFeatured·March 20, 2013·6 min readHumanoid Robot Helps Train Children with AutismVanderbilt researchers develop a humanoid robotic system to help teach autistic children to coordinate their attention with objects and other people in their environment.Read More
Featured·February 22, 2013·4 min readLessons From Cockroaches Could Inform RoboticsNew insight obtained by studying the gait of cockroaches could provide valuable information on how biological systems stabilize. The research could help to develop more stable robots and provide doctors with better understanding on human gait abnormalities.Read More
Featured·February 21, 2013·5 min readResearchers Build Robotic Bat WingBuilding a robotic bat wing, researchers have uncovered flight secrets of real bats: the function of ligaments, the elasticity of skin, the structural support of musculature, skeletal flexibility, upstroke and downstroke.Read More
Featured·February 12, 2013·5 min readNeuroprosthesis Gives Rats the Ability to ‘Touch’ Infrared LightResearchers have given rats the ability to "touch" infrared light by fitting them with an infrared detector wired to microscopic electrodes implanted in the part of the mammalian brain that processes tactile information. The study demonstrated that a novel sensory input could be processed by a cortical region specialized in another sense without "hijacking" the function of this brain area.Read More
Featured·February 8, 2013·3 min readResearchers Describe Technology that Lets Spinal Cord Injured Man Control Robot Arm with ThoughtsResearchers describe how an electrode array sitting on top of the brain enabled a 30-year-old paralyzed man to control the movement of a character on a computer screen in three dimensions with just his thoughts. It also enabled him to move a robot arm to touch a friend’s hand for the first time in the seven years.Read More
Featured·February 6, 2013·3 min readInsect Drives Robot to Track Down SmellsIn a new study, a small, two-wheeled robot was driven by a male silkmoth to track down the sex pheromone usually given off by a female mate.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceNeuroscience Videos·July 17, 2012·4 min readMusical Glove Improves Sensation, Mobility for People with Spinal Cord InjuryGeorgia Tech researchers have created a wireless, musical glove that may improve sensation and motor skills for people with paralyzing spinal cord injury (SCI).Read More
NeuroscienceNeuroscience Videos·June 18, 2012·3 min readRobots Get a Feel for the WorldRobots equipped with tactile sensor able to identify materials through touch, paving the way for more useful prostheses. What does...Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·May 8, 2012·4 min readPavlov’s Electronic DogNanotechnology scientists and memory researchers at the Kiel University redesigned a mental learning process using electronic circuits. The bell rings...Read More
ElectrophysiologyFeatured·May 7, 2012·6 min readRobot Reveals the Inner Workings of Brain Cells – Robotic Whole-Cell Patch ClampingNew method offers automated way to record electrical activity inside neurons in the living brain. Gaining access to the inner...Read More
Featured·March 9, 2012·5 min readTeach Your Robot WellWithin a decade, personal robots could become as common in U.S. homes as any other major appliance, and many if...Read More
Artificial Intelligencebrain machine interfacesneural controlneural interfaceneural prostheticsneurobiologyNeuroboticsneuroprostheticsneuroscience researchRoboticssciencetechnology·February 28, 2012·2 min readHow to Control a Prosthesis with Your MindNew brain-machine interfaces that exploit the plasticity of the brain may allow people to control prosthetic devices in a natural...Read More
