Wearing an EEG sensor and guided solely by thought, a compact humanoid robot smoothly raised its arm, grasped objects, and delivered them with precise coordination — a live demonstration of direct brain-to-robot interaction that blends perception and motion.

The humanoid diagnostic and therapy robot recently appeared in Fuzhou, in eastern China. It can interact through a non-invasive brain–machine interface and is already being used to provide rehabilitation training for children with autism, offering new hope to affected families. It is the country’s first humanoid therapy robot to deeply integrate a non-invasive brain–computer interface.

Its key capability is a so-called “mind-reading” function that captures and decodes faint brain signals and converts them into coordinated robotic actions, acting as a thought-to-motion translator. The development team says they plan to broaden applications beyond autism to include active rehabilitation for stroke, spinal cord injury, and other motor-function disorders, aiming to help more people regain daily living abilities.