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Robot with a rat brain

Read more: http://technology.newscient... This robot steers clear of obstacles thanks to a pile of rat brain cells. Footage courtesy Reading University  
 
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ZeroTron (1 day ago) Show Hide
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I still would like to know if they are actually using the rat brain cells as processors or as wires essentially.
ArawnChernobog (2 days ago) Show Hide
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Love this, keep up the good progress :P
2007cbr (4 days ago) Show Hide
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TERMINATOR robots; this is the first step torward the rise of the machines.
jakeinator924 (1 day ago) Show Hide
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LOL!
XxZeldaxXXxLinkxX (5 days ago) Show Hide
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@KileSimons
No. Chuck Norris IS.
h666a (5 days ago) Show Hide
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Wow, thats like a biological life/robot hybrid :O Perhaps it is even conscious.

Maybe you could create a bigger one that becomes super smart???
ShaunOfTheDead85 (6 days ago) Show Hide
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the rat is like wtf hapend!
MrAmericanAce (1 week ago) Show Hide
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The only profiling they will be doing on my brain is observing my drunken stupidity yet total capability to type with my finely tuned motor skills and then my profane outburst when i say Penis Crumb Fell Into the Vagina!
clarkshapedbox (1 week ago) Show Hide
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so is it life??
alanstarkie2001 (4 days ago) Show Hide
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Yes, but not as we know it clarkshapedbox...

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