Briefing
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- Brain-Controlled Robot Correction – Researchers from MIT and Boston University developed way for humans to correct robots in their tasks through mind, letting them intervene when robots make mistakes
- How It Works – User wearing electroencephalography (EEG) cap, which records brain activity, picks up “error-related potentials or brain signals generated when humans sense mistake, allowing robots to course correct actions in object sorting task
- Secondary Mechanism – Can also detect secondary signals from humans when robots fail to respond to initial correction, with plans to improve accuracy to over 90% over time
- More Complex Tasks – Plans to move robot from selecting between two choices to more complex multiple choice tasks
- Applications – Include brain-controlled robots and prosthesis, and self-driving cars sensitive to passenger’s fears or brain signals
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Accelerator
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Sector
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Information Technology
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Organization
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Boston University, MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL)
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Source
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Original Publication Date
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March 6, 2017
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