Duke University teamed up with Japan Science and Technology Agency(JST) to carry out an experiment that utilized brain activity to remotely control a robot. The experiment was led by Dr. Miguel Nicolelis (Duke U.), collaborating with Mitsuo Kawato (JST).Prior to the experiment, two monkeys were trained to walk upright and had electrodes implanted into the part of the brain that controls walking. Later, they hooked up one of the monkeys, Idoya, to a robot, Computational Brain Project, in Japan.
With latency at a quarter second, it came close to real-time synchronization. But the most interesting part was when the researchers stopped the treadmill Idoya was walking on. With only visual feedback, Idoya's Japanese counterpart continued walking, controlled by the monkey's thoughts.
Wow, this would be really good news be for amputees and paralysed people. On a side note, cyberimplants could be on the way too.
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