FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience ArticlesPsychology·May 5, 2021·2 min readA Touch From a Conversing Robot Is Linked to Positive Emotional StatePeople who were touched by conversational humanoid robots report positive emotional states and were more likely to comply with requests made by the robot.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·July 18, 2017·4 min readEmpowering Robots for Ethical BehaviorA new Frontiers in Robotics and AI study outlines a concept called Empowerment that may allow robots to adhere to self preservation while serving and protecting humans.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·October 14, 2013·4 min readA Blueprint for Restoring Touch With a Prosthetic HandResearchers develop a new blueprint for touch-sensitive prosthetic limbs. The findings could someday convey real-time sensory information for amputees.Read More
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FeaturedNeuroscience·June 11, 2019·4 min readResearch moves closer to brain-machine interface autonomyFindings allow for the development of an autonomously updating brain-machine interface, which is able to improve on its own by learning about its subject without additional programming. The system could help develop new robotic prosthetics, which can perform more naturally.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceNeuroscience Videos·June 21, 2021·3 min readA Robot Has Learned to Combine Vision and TouchCombining deep learning algorithms with robotic engineering, researchers have developed a new robot able to combine vision and touch.Read More
FeaturedNeurologyNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·February 5, 2019·4 min readBrain Hand Map is Maintained in Amputees with and Without Phantom Limb SensationsA new MRI study reveals the brain retains neural 'fingerprints' of a missing hand, decades after amputation and regardless of whether the person experiences phantom limb sensations.Read More
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FeaturedNeuroscienceNeuroscience Videos·November 30, 2021·7 min readXenobots: Team Builds First Living Robots That Can ReproduceResearchers report Xenobots, a computer-designed, hand-assembled organism can find and gather single cells, and assemble "baby" Xenobots. After a few days, the immature Xanobots can also find cells and replicate themselves.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·March 10, 2022·5 min readSensing Signals in Paralyzed MusclesResearchers explore the use of myoelectric signals to detect intended hand gestures in patients with tetraplegia.Read More