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The technology is still in its infancy and requires a human to

wear a couple of cumbersome devices that would measure the

electrical activity of the brain and the muscular activity of the

hand.That’s how the robot “reads” our minds and muscle

movements.

This work combining

[electroencephalograph (EEG) and

electromyography (EMG)] feedback enables

natural human-robot interactions for a

broader set of applications than we’ve been

able to do before using only EEG feedback

“By looking at both muscle and

brain signals, we can start to pick

up on a person’s natural gestures

along with their snap decisions

about whether something is going

wrong,” DelPreto said. “This helps

make communicating with a robot

more like communicating with

another person.”

The system could be used in the

future by various types of people,

including workers with disabilities

or limited mobility, but also the

elderly, according to the team. And

who knows, this type of robot

control could one day be used to

conquer space.