Robot Team

The robotics team is responsible for implanting the neural implant in our users. A robot is two fold necessary for this: first, the threads are smaller than a human hair and cannot be grasped, manipulated, and accurately inserted by a human surgeon. Doing this requires micron precision for the grasp, tens of microns of precision for localizing and tracking the moving brain during insertion, and high speed in order to get hundreds of threads in quickly. Second, scaling to hundreds of thousands then millions of users means that not only must the thread insertion be automated but also the planning and execution of the rest of the surgery. Without doing so, the supply of neurosurgeons quickly runs out.Executing on both of these requires novel sensing, kinematics, computer vision, precision mechanical and electrical design, optics, and really everything to do with the design, control, and use of safety critical high precision mechatronics systems.No prior experience in neuroscience is necessary—we will teach you everything you need to know.