Scientists have implanted brains made from human cells into robots

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According to the researchers, the chip implanted on this artificial brain is capable of learning basic tasks such as moving its limbs, avoiding obstacles and grasping objects, displaying some of the intelligence functions of the human brain.

A team from Tianjin University and Southern University of Science and Technology fitted a brain grown from human cells in the lab with a brain-computer interface, enabling it to communicate with the outside world.

Ming Dong, executive director of the ‘High Laboratory for Brain-Computer Interaction and Human-Computer Integration’ at Tianjin University, said: ‘Chip-on-chip brain-computer interface is a technology created in the laboratory like brain organoids. It uses an artificial brain (an artificial brain made of cells) that communicates information with the outside world through en-coding, de-coding and stimulation feedback in conjunction with an electrode chip.’

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To function, these brain organoids need fluids, food, temperature control, and a protective casing (hard skull) just like the human brain.

Researchers claim that the emerging field of brain chip technology will revolutionize the development of hybrid intelligence.

The latest development comes just days following scientists in Japan revealed they had grafted living human skin onto the face of a humanoid robot to give it a more ‘real-life appearance’.

The University of Tokyo team was able to fit the engineered skin tissue to the robot’s structure to give it a real smile.

The researchers said living skin with the expression of real human emotions might develop enhanced sensory capabilities and the ability to heal itself when injured.