Tuesday, June 3, 2008

Brain Controls Robotic Moves

Hi, everyone.
This is Marina and Miharu.
from Mr. pals class.

summary: The scientist university school of Pits Barg invented a new robot arms for disabled people. In experience, the monkey which can not use arms eat marshmallows with the robot arms. This new robot arms will help disabled people in two or three years.

interest:The robotic arms controlled slowly by monkey brain power. It is amazing. Only Brain power is needed to control robots arms.

Questions: If you lost your arms do you want to get the new robot arms? Why or why not.
Do you agree with robot body parts? Why or why not.
Can you image good thing or bad thing with a robotic body parts?

2 comments:

Thomas Pals said...

Hi Marina and Miharu - Thank you for your interesting post. There are a couple of things you should should edit. First, you forgot to put a title to your post. Second, I think you mean the University of Pittsburgh. Finally, you should post two or more questions.

Anonymous said...

DISCUSSION COMMENT #1 - This comment is from Nozomi from Mr. Pals' class.

Hi Marina and Miharu.
Thank you for the interesting video.

One thing that I thought this experiment is helpful for medical technique.However, it may have a risk that human's body link with artificial substances.So, I want Schwartz'team to experiment very carefully.


To answer your first question
If I lost my arms, I don't want to get the new robot arms unless this techinique for certain.

To answer your second question is difficult. I image both good thing and bad thing. Therefore, I cannot decide which to choose.

My question for you is simple: I think this experiment needs many animals. They will fall victim to people. Is it worth the effort for this experiment? Why or why not?


Nozomi