Terrifying new robot has a brain made from human stem cells

A group of Chinese researchers has created a robot with a brain made of human stem cells. The technology is technically a “brain-on-a-chip,” and the researchers have been working to train the robot to perform various tasks. The stem cell brain that powers the robot is attached to a neural interface chip, which powers the entire thing.

Tianjin University, one of the two institutes behind the new research, considers the design the world’s first open-source brain-on-chip system and says that...