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Monkey see, robot do.
Very odd. Monkey brain sends signals to robot in Japan who replicates
monkey's movements: http://blog.wired.com/defense/2008/0...boti.html#more An extrapolation of this technology would allow a astronaut in Mars orbit to control a humanoid robot on the surface without any sort of direct commands, but simply doing things naturally as he sees what the robot sees and gets tactile feedback from its hands. Of course that robot could be one foot tall or one hundred feet tall. And movement of the operator's legs and feet could be converted to movement of treads or wheels on the robot. Here's video of the experiment: http://blog.wired.com/defense/2008/0...-controll.html The military is of course interested, as this would allow you to make something like Starship Troopers, with the trooper hundreds or thousands of miles away from the powersuit. |
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