the cyborg of our time hugo ribeiro baldioti. cybernetic organism biological and artificial parts
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The cyborg of our time
Rat Brain Robot
Hugo Ribeiro Baldioti
Cybernetic organism Biological and artificial parts
Cyborgs
Neil Harbisson Rob Spence Kevin Warwick
Human living cyborgs
Professor of Cybernetics at the University of Reading, England
Artificial intelligence, control, robotics and biomedical engineering
Kevin Warwick
Project Cyborg 1.0 (1998) Project Cyborg 2.0 (2002)
Kevin Warwick
Controlled by neurons from a rat’s brain
A robot consisting of two wheels with a sonar sensor
Has no microprocessor of it’s own
Rat brain robot
Embryonic neurons are separated out and allowed to grow on na electrode array
A mesh of about 100000 neurons can grow within several days
After about a week he starts to pulse the electrodes in search of a pathway
How it works?
Once they have a pathway researchers use the connection to get the robot to roam around and learn to avoid crashing into walls
Bluetooth communication
With time and repetition the neural pathway become stronger
The robot learn for itself how to not bash into obstacles
How it works?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=1QPiF4-iu6g&gl=BR
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Culture neurons in three dimensions
A network of 30 million neurons
After that, the next step will be to bring in human neurons
Future...
If we have 100 billion human neurons
Should we give it rights?Does it get to vote?
Is it conscious?
Now what?
