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Revolutionary Transneuron Mimics Brain Activity for Robotics

11/20/2025

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Loughborough University researchers have developed a transneuron, an artificial neuron mimicking brain activity across vision and movement.
The device adapts its role based on electrical input and reproduces neuron pulse patterns from macaques with up to 100% accuracy.
A memristor enables the transneuron to shift firing patterns without software updates.
Researchers aim to build a cortex on a chip for robots to improve real-time sensing and energy efficiency.

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Loughborough University researchers have developed a transneuron, an artificial neuron mimicking brain activity across vision and movement.
The device adapts its role based on electrical input and reproduces neuron pulse patterns from macaques with up to 100% accuracy.
A memristor enables the transneuron to shift firing patterns without software updates.
Researchers aim to build a cortex on a chip for robots to improve real-time sensing and energy efficiency.