News Source: Fox News
| about 1 year ago
It's cute, mechanical, moves on wheels — and has a rat's brain. Researchers at the University of Reading in England have built a small robot that's controlled by a Petri dish full of rat neurons, which remotely steers the robot via Bluetooth...
News Source: ITN
| about 1 year ago
A robot controlled by cells from a rat brain could help in the treatment of conditions such as Alzheimer's or Parkinson's. The robot helps to explain how our memories work and how the brain stores specific pieces of data. Its only means of control is...
News Source: The independent
| about 1 year ago
The wheeled machine is wirelessly linked to a bundle of neurons kept at body temperature in a sterile cabinet. Signals from the "brain" allow the robot to steer to avoid objects in its path. Researchers at the University of Reading are now trying to "...
News Source: France 24
| about 1 year ago
France 24 Gordon, the first robot with a brain France 24 Wednesday, August 13, 2008 Gordon, the first robot with a brain Wednesday 13 August 2008 Scientists have created a robot controlled by a brain stitched together using cultured rat neurones to...