One boom after another is taking place in the world of artificial intelligence, until people’s orders are quickly translated even before they say a word, as in the case of Australian soldiers.
Australian soldiers put 8 sensors on their heads, which are placed neatly inside their helmets.
These devices translate the signals in the brain into interpretable instructions, which are then transmitted to the four-legged robot, which resembles a dog, hence the name “robot dog”.
It only takes the soldiers to imagine the direction they want to go, and the robot has to follow those fantasies.
This innovation allows soldiers to stay focused on their surroundings, according to the British Daily Mail.
The Australian army published a video showing a number of its soldiers carrying out a simulated combing operation, and the “robot dog” entered a facility to comb it, based on what the sensors read in the soldiers’ brain waves, with an accuracy of 94 percent.
This innovation was developed by researchers at the University of Technology Sydney, and was unveiled for the first time last year, but a recently published scientific study gives more details on how it works.
The study, published in the Journal of the American Chemical Society, said soldiers use a robotic augmented brain interface to control “robot dog” systems.
This allows soldiers to control the robot more naturally, compared to a “brain-computer interface” system, which requires people to remain stationary.
This helps the soldiers move freely, and at the same time the robot scans suspected facilities and transmits information, such as images, from them.