Green | August 13, 2008 | 2 comments

Gordon, the Robot with a Biological Brain

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Gordon is a robot with a brain from cultured rat neurons. From the article:

"Because the brain is living tissue, it must be housed in a special temperature-controlled unit -- it communicates with its "body" via a Bluetooth radio link.

The robot has no additional control from a human or computer.

From the very start, the neurons get busy. "Within about 24 hours, they start sending out feelers to each other and making connections," said Warwick.

"Within a week we get some spontaneous firings and brain-like activity" similar to what happens in a normal rat -- or human -- brain, he added."
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2 comments // Gordon, the Robot with a Biological Brain

  • Alarive
  • mario_a
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      mario_a  
    • Finally, my life long dream of serving robot masters is coming to fruition...

      erm...nevermind that I said that...i mean, "whoa! cool! robots with rat brains! gnarly!"

    • 3 years ago
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