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 Avatar
    ejbh3160

    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 Avatar
    trifarce101

    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 Avatar
    USMarineCorpsRTSIII

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

  4. USMarineCorpsRTSIII Avatar
    USMarineCorpsRTSIII

    lol
    lol

  5. g0t3nks Avatar
    g0t3nks

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

  6. asucho3 Avatar
    asucho3

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

  7. itskoek Avatar
    itskoek

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

  8. keritako Avatar
    keritako

    how cruel. :'[
    how cruel. :'[

  9. sweetdrreemz Avatar
    sweetdrreemz

    “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 Avatar
    sauskeissoooogay

    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 Avatar
    Vire70

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

  12. catclaud Avatar
    catclaud

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

  13. BallisticFungus Avatar
    BallisticFungus

    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 Avatar
    DrLsw

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

  15. PondscumArgonian Avatar
    PondscumArgonian

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

  16. Agogaraxis Avatar
    Agogaraxis

    mad science
    mad science

  17. SpringfieldPosse07 Avatar
    SpringfieldPosse07

    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 Avatar
    hunyakaning

    hahahahahaha
    hahahahahaha

  19. nickp1987 Avatar
    nickp1987

    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 Avatar
    ESP1EMG

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

  21. 5um4nu3l Avatar
    5um4nu3l

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

  22. MisfitBoy669 Avatar
    MisfitBoy669

    TRANSFORMERs rats …
    TRANSFORMERs rats in wires.

  23. Zerophoenix1 Avatar
    Zerophoenix1

    lol.
    lol.

  24. QBALL85 Avatar
    QBALL85

    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 Avatar
    Daco65

    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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