zorokash t1_j6k8gro wrote on January 30, 2023 at 10:33 PM

Reply to comment by AwesomeDragon97 in European researchers are developing tech to let people have robotic third arms controlled with their brain's spare neural capacity by lughnasadh

Yeah, extra limbs also need completely reworking anatomy neural networks, muscle memory, physiology. Lot more probably. Its gonna be quite a while before we get to that level.

AwesomeDragon97 t1_j6k8tif wrote on January 30, 2023 at 10:36 PM

That makes sense, but would robot limbs be any easier to produce and connect to the brain than biological ones?

zorokash t1_j6k9p2n wrote on January 30, 2023 at 10:42 PM

Much easier. Robot limbs would be battery powered and connect to body mostly with just the neuron network. Actual bio limbs would be like an Organ transplant. Quite a complicated mess, and is lifelong commitment to immunosuppression.

I dont mean adding Robot limbs would be actually easy, just saying that is still easier in few degrees of magnitude than an actual bio limb.