New Mind-Contolled Robot

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Science:
Researchers hone mind-reading robot

Monday, April 23, 2007
BY ERIK ROBINSON Columbian staff writer



The idea of tapping brain waves to move a robot sounds like science fiction.

Yet researchers at the University of Washington are doing just that. Wearing a swim cap-like head piece wired with 32 electrodes, engineering students use a technique based upon electroencephalography - more commonly referenced as EEG - to maneuver a 2-foot-tall robot named Mo.

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