Here is yet another evidence of the power of collaboration! Honda Research Institute Japan Co., Ltd. (HRI-JP), a subsidiary of Honda R&D Co., Ltd., Advanced Telecommunications Research Institute International (ATR) and Shimadzu Corporation have collaboratively developed the world’s first*1 Brain Machine Interface (BMI) technology.This technology uses electroencephalography (EEG) and near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) along with newly developed information extraction technology to enable control of a robot by human thought alone. It does not require any physical movement such as pressing buttons.
It is further reported that, since 2005, Honda and ATR have been conducting research and development of BMI technology exploring the potential of a new interface which connects people and machines. Honda is now looking into the possibility of applying this technology to a people-friendly human interface through integration with other technologies such as artificial intelligence technologies and/or robotics technologies.
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Follow-up comment rss or Leave a TrackbackHonda made another step towards the future. Asimo brain controlling is awesome.
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Many things that we thought were in the realms of science fiction are now coming true. It is amazing what human brains can come up with given enough motivation and funding!
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I just heard that scientists could tell with 80% accuracy what soft drink the test subjects preferred by measuring the amount of oxygen in specific areas of the frontal lobe using light. I can’t wait to see Steven Hawkings using one of these devices to work. This will be a great step in personal freedom for people with compromised motor skills.
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Wow! I must say, it is a life changing technology there. I couldn’t imagine the application where we can get with this tech.
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This is definitely impressive. Honda is making quite a move. It’d be interesting to see what they do next, or what they might possibly do with this type of technology.
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I always wanted to live in time, when things could be controlled only by thoughts. Turning on-off TV and driving car are so annoying.
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Congratulations to the inventors. It was really a mater of time when such invention in robotics appear.
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The development of robot technology by Honda is in line with the attempt to bring substitute labor to an aging population that is also plagued with low influx of immigrant labor (due to complex cultural, legal reasons). Adding the direct brain-machine interface also seems consistent, as the elderly need to interact with robots in some robust way. But as I see it, having some sort of voice control might be better than using a direct brain-machine interface. Both voice and brain interfaces would require user-specific training (all users have different voices, different brain wave patterns). And voice just seems like a better route as a general solution to controlling robots. Just my opinion.
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In future,this technology can use in open/close the door,switch on/off for electrical power or others advance technology.
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Mal Milligan, could you please give some reference, say a link or something like that? Thanks.
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@Mal
I also want to see a link to that, it sounds pretty interesting and I would like to read about it.
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Technology is progressing very, VERY, fast.
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Holy Moly! .. the future is getting closer and closer it’s scary! .. but also exciting
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wow… i think its a great innovation of technology
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this is good news,Honda makes another innovation, whats the name given to the robot?
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Congrats on the invention, this is something I hadn’t even considered bfore. Technology never ceases to amaze me.
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No question Honda is in the for front of technology.
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This is definitely impressive. Honda is making quite a move. It’d be interesting to see what they do next, or what they might possibly do with this type of technology.
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There is a school of thought that it was all a big April Fool joke!
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Hi Clement,
I don’t know if this is fantastic or just plain SCARY! The thing is, with technology progressing as it is, it’s just a matter of time before this sort of thing become common-place.
I have a theory that in a few years (or decades) from now, we won’t have mobile phones. We’ll all have implants in our heads which will enable us to receive “mobile phone” signals directly, and a “mind control” system similar to the one you post about here will be used to control the making and receving of calls.
Future kid/parent conversation:
“Mommy, can I have my implant, PLEEEEEZE”
“No dear,not until you’re 16″
“But Mommy, Britney Kowalski has hers, and she’s ony 10″
“Yes dear, but she’s also got tattoos, and she lives in a trailer park. They’re not nice people dear”.
Cheers
Bill
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I think after 10-15 years we would have a lot of human-like robots in our life.
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@Nicole:It seems too legitimate for an April Fools Day joke.
@Billy: I am getting scared with your imagination.Lol!
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This does seem a bit scary, but really really cool at the same time. Sometimes I’m surprised how fast the world is moving forward. This is like star wars technology!
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very cool! that’s even more advanced than andrew from bicentennial man.
He was introduced in 2005 though while asimo is likely to have several years remaining and he won’t be cheap, that’s for sure.
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In Graz (Austria) a mind-controlled wheelchair is in development. They research this technology for years an have impressive results to show.
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Clement Nyirenda says:
April 14th, 2009 at 9:41 am
@Domik: Can you share the link for the Graz research centre that is developing a mind controlled wheelchair?
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For most people this is just cool technology. But for someone who can’t use their arms or legs, this will be life changing!
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Clement Nyirenda says:
April 14th, 2009 at 9:23 am
@Altesino: That’s the most exciting aspect of this technology. It also a good development for Japan’s aging population.
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in future, our life will be all controlled by robot, maybe our prime minister also a robot..
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WOW! This is amazing! I can’t wait to see what the future holds. Things like this fascinate me so much. Please post about things like this whenever you can, because I love it.
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I think that the time is so near of Robots which I have seen in iRobots. I thought that our next generations will be using them but now I think we ourselves are going to see them.
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I used to work near the Honda research center in NC where they are developing the HondaJet. They’ve got some crazy stuff flying (and walking) around there.
It’s been weird seeing this little guy develop from a weired looking set of dancing legs to a little alien guy. Wonder what he’ll look like in 10 more years?
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This is awesome for sure! I really like how far we have come in technological advancements. It is amazing the amount of steps forward we have taken even in the past 10 years. I am only 22… so I am hoping that I will see many great future advancements in my time!
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This is pretty cool. I think someday we will have robotics involved all over our lives. As of now, the so called “computer revolution” is still in its infancy. We’ve come a long way and made terrific strides, but fundamentally we have not advanced very much in terms of how pervasive computers are in our day to day activities; there is so much room to grow.
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Honda has always been doing something or the other great things. Latest there was about hydrogen car and now mind driving car.
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Honda is so proud of things like this they almost brag but it seems like they are wasting money.
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This is just way too cool. The future of technology is just so exciting. I hope environmental considerations are always being taken while these advancements are being made.
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