Chinese scientists build factory robot that can read minds on the assembly line

Trained robot monitored co-worker’s brain and muscle signals to predict needs, China Three Gorges University team says in domestic peer-reviewed paper. China is in dire need of more powerful robotic technology to address its problems of a shrinking workforce and rising labour costs. — SCMP

Researchers in China say they have developed an industrial robot that can read a human co-worker’s mind with 96% accuracy.

The robot not only monitored the worker’s brain waves, but also collected electric signals from muscles, as it worked seamlessly together to assemble a complex product, according to its developers at China Three Gorges University’s Intelligent Manufacturing Innovation Technology Centre.