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Honda's ASIMO could be thought controlled in Spaceballs 2
engadget.com - 3/31/2009
Honda's ASIMO could be thought controlled in Spaceballs 2
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Sorry, that's not actually Dark Helmet, it's a researcher demonstrating the latest Brain Machine Interface (BMI) cooked up for robotics. While it's not looking too portable, it's a far nimbler setup than the original MRI Scanner first concocted by Honda to control robots in near real-time ...
botjunkie.com - 3/25/2009
ASIMO Action Figure
— botjunkie.com — Writing by Evan Ackerman on Tuesday, 24 of March , 2009 at 4:02 am ASIMO Honda may... have one of the most advanced humanoid robots in existence, but that doesn’t do you or I much good at all. Neither does this 6 inch tall, 1/8 scale ASIMO action figure. ... (more) ASIMO Action Figure
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Brain-Controlled Honda ASIMO
Tech Blog — ... Honda researchers have partnered with ATR and Shimadzu Corporation to achieve "robotic thought control using a sensor cap to measure electrical potential on the scalp and cerebral blood flow." Continue reading for a video demonstration. Honda claims its technology achieves the world's highest accuracy at 90% without special training. Impressive, even though it's clearly R&D; work for now. [via Engadget]

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