Videos: Monkey’s Thoughts Make a Robot Walk In Japan

Researchers recorded the monkey’s brain activity, predicted the pattern of locomotion, and sent the signal from the motor commands of the animal to the robot.

We found that certain neurons in multiple areas of the brain fire at different phases and at varying frequency, depending on their role in controlling the complex, multi-muscle process of motion,” said senior research investigator Nicolelis.

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Monkey's Thoughts (Brains) Make a Robot Walk In Japan | The Great Resources of Computer, Internet & Technology - January 18th, 2008 at 4:34 pm
[…] Mitsuo Kawato, M.E., Ph.D., director of ATR Computational Neuroscience Laboratories and research director of the Computational Brain Project of the Japan Science and Technology Agency, said the findings can be used to make an advance research on how the brain processes information. watch videos here […]