# Brains Controlling Robots **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [March 29, 2007, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brains-controlling-robots/398031 "2007-03-29T21:03:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Bootis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e8c25b/32.png) [@Bootis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bootis)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2007, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brains-controlling-robots/398031/1 "2007-03-29T21:03:12Z")
I just saw a video of a monkey wired up to control a robot arm with his brain. here is the link: [http://i-am-bored.com/bored\_link.cfm?link\_id=22665](http://i-am-bored.com/bored_link.cfm?link_id=22665) (It’s a couple minutes long, the end is what really blew me away) My question is, has anything else like this been done before? I know a lot of crazy stuff has been done with the brain, but this seems to top them all, and it seems that with this possible, total thought recording and “mind reading” seems definitely possible and in the frighteningly not so distant future. ---
**Author:** ![pinkfreud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pinkfreud/32/17603_2.png) [@pinkfreud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pinkfreud)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2007, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brains-controlling-robots/398031/2 "2007-03-29T21:07:53Z")
You might be interested in the website of [Cyberkinetics](http://www.cyberkineticsinc.com/content/index.jsp), a company that is working on several “thought-into-action” projects. ---
**Author:** ![snailboy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/97f17d/32.png) [@snailboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snailboy)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2007, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brains-controlling-robots/398031/3 "2007-03-30T01:28:53Z")
[Here’s an article](http://www.world-science.net/othernews/060914_bionic.htm) about a woman that received a bionic arm controlled by her own nerves.