Robot with a rat brain

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http://technology.newscientist.com/article/mg19926696.100

This robot steers clear of obstacles thanks to a pile of rat brain cells.

Footage courtesy Reading University

Duration : 0:0:58


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25 Responses to “Robot with a rat brain”

  1. ejbh3160 Says:

    lol… they grew …
    lol… they grew the brain cells in the lab.. it wasn’t a brain they’d cut out of a rat & plugged into a robot… but the original cells had to come from somewhere.
    Actually its really weird if you think about it… its the first real cyborg brain (machine driven by living braincell interface… minus the consciousness… one umes??)… and blinkin rats got there first! lol
    Bit like dogs got into space first (now that really was sad.. but look at the advances from that)

  2. trifarce101 Says:

    people kill rats in …
    people kill rats in their own homes for no reason. killing them to further humankind and advance science and medicine isnt quite as bad, now is it?

  3. USMarineCorpsRTSIII Says:

    this rat did more …
    this rat did more for science than you have ever done for science.

  4. USMarineCorpsRTSIII Says:

    lol
    lol

  5. g0t3nks Says:

    It’s a ing rat, …
    It’s a ing rat, who gives a ?

  6. asucho3 Says:

    Cheese, you have …
    Cheese, you have been targeted for termination

  7. itskoek Says:

    maybe someday they …
    maybe someday they can save and regenerate your brain when you suffer from dementia?

  8. keritako Says:

    how cruel. :’[
    how cruel. :’[

  9. sweetdrreemz Says:

    “IF” any harm has …
    “IF” any harm has come to a sentient being through the process of creating such a device. that sucks. quantum sentience gives rise to human sentient cellular self-awareness. cellular sentience gives rise to well… the cyborg we see in this video?

  10. sauskeissoooogay Says:

    Acutely they …
    Acutely they usually take a miniscule and almost useless amount of cells and “grow” them, sort of like having a baby or a ameba splitting.

  11. Vire70 Says:

    Haha, so true. Cool …
    Haha, so true. Cool vid.

  12. catclaud Says:

    I guess the rat …
    I guess the rat didn’t survive donating the brain cells needed….. I hate these tests….

  13. BallisticFungus Says:

    tbh some of this …
    tbh some of this stuff is kinda scary… robots with brains? hmmmm and so it seems that we (yet again) advance beyond our own capabilities far too quickly

  14. DrLsw Says:

    so the question is, …
    so the question is, is this the first cyborg?

  15. PondscumArgonian Says:

    They didnt put a …
    They didnt put a rat brain in it, just brainCELLS from a rat…

  16. Agogaraxis Says:

    mad science
    mad science

  17. SpringfieldPosse07 Says:

    Very true, these …
    Very true, these people dont even realize the power they wield… its all I took an oath for the betterment of humanity this and ill never win a nobel prize if im not selfless that… what a waste.

  18. hunyakaning Says:

    hahahahahaha
    hahahahahaha

  19. nickp1987 Says:

    Man, videos like …
    Man, videos like this, while entertaining already, would be a bunch cooler if one of the researchers was acting like a mad scientist and shouting thinks like “MANKIND IS YET TO RECOGNIZE MY GENIUS!”

  20. ESP1EMG Says:

    nooo. we are …
    nooo. we are creating cyborgs. soon we will be robot slaves!

  21. 5um4nu3l Says:

    WOW! :O awesome!!
    WOW! :O awesome!!

  22. MisfitBoy669 Says:

    TRANSFORMERs rats …
    TRANSFORMERs rats in wires.

  23. Zerophoenix1 Says:

    lol.
    lol.

  24. QBALL85 Says:

    So in West …
    So in West Philadelphia you were born and raised, on the play ground is where you spent most of your days?

  25. Daco65 Says:

    your choice :’)
    i …

    your choice :’)
    i however do believe in immortality but i know that we can not make it on time

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