Neural Culture Controlled Robot Development

This site will chart the progress of a project to create a living neural culture capable of controlling a robot in a complex environment.

To move towards understanding intelligence and creating truly intelligent behavior in machines
To further understanding of the brain to aid in medical treatments including replacing damaged areas
To create biosensor chips to quickly screen new neuro drugs and reduce animal testing
In the distant future neuro interfacing technologies will be able to ‘upgrade’ our abilities

Significant progress has already been made in this area including a system capable of flying a simmulated plane and an artistic robot

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1. The neurophilosopher | November 25, 2006 at 6:02 pm

I like to mention new neuroscience blogs I find, and, as in your case, ones that find me!

Out of curiosity, in which department/ institution are you?
2. Neuroscience Brain Science Shirts | November 7, 2011 at 4:47 am

I’m curious how this project has turned out. I’d imagine interfacing neural tissue with a computer might be extremely complicated. Simply keeping neurons alive outside the brain seems hard enough, let alone stimulating it and getting neural responses from it. Any word on how it’s proceeding?