Can a monkey control a robot with its thoughts?

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What is a dog-like robot?

In 1999 the Sony Corporation introduced a doglike robot named AIBO, with two dozen motors to activate its legs, head, and tail, two microphones, and a colour camera all coordinated by a powerful microprocessor. More lifelike than anything before, AIBOs chased coloured balls and learned to recognize their owners and to explore and adapt.

What is a robot in engineering?

By extension, robotics is the engineering discipline dealing with the design, construction, and operation of robots. The concept of artificial humans predates recorded history ( see automaton ), but the modern term robot derives from the Czech word robota (“forced labour” or “serf”), used in Karel Čapek ’s play R.U.R. (1920).

How reliable are robots compared to toy robots?

Lack of reliable functionality has limited the market for industrial and service robots (built to work in office and home environments). Toy robots, on the other hand, can entertain without performing tasks very reliably, and mechanical varieties have existed for thousands of years.