Experiment virtually teleports volunteers into each others' bodies to analyze brain mechanisms

05/02/2015 - 00:00

BY EMIKO JOZUKA -

While Surgery bots like Da Vinci XI are already letting doctors perform surgery through machines, we could see humans teleoperating robots from greater distances in the future. Say, for example, a doctor in London operating on someone in Mumbai, or a human operating a robot on Mars. But what goes on in your brain when you’re under the illusion of embodying a robot?

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