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The NeuCyber Array BMI System, a brain-machine interface (BMI) system, was unveiled at the opening ceremony of the 2024 Zhongguancun Forum (ZGC Forum)  in Beijing. A video demonstration showed how  a monkey with its hands restrained and soft electrode filaments implanted in its brain, controlled an isolated robotic arm and grasped a strawberry by simply using its “thoughts.”

The BMI is intended to serve as the “information highway” for the brain, facilitating communication with external devices and providing cutting-edge technologies in human-machine interaction and hybrid intelligence. It is composed of three major components — high-throughput flexible microelectrode array, a thousand-channel high-speed neural signal acquisition system, and a generative neural decoding algorithm based on a feedforward control mechanism.

The electrodes determine the quality of the recorded brain signals and the accuracy of “brain control”. The BMI System makes use of a large number of extremely thin electrode contacts on a thin electrode thread to enhance signal capture ability.