How to Build a Better RoboCop
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Advances in neuroprosthe1cs for Detroit law enforcement personnel: Building a be;er RoboCop today T. Verstynen & B. Voytek, Guerilla Science Society Recording: 10,000 Tungsten recording electrodes distributed in all primary sensory and motor areas (3000 electrodes in each primary motor cortex). S1mula1on: Reverse polarity 5mV sFmulaFon on each electrode. Recording: 32 channel electocorFcography (ECoG) grid placed on the corFcal surface of each hemisphere (64 channels total) S1mula1on: OptogeneFc interface with combined channelrhodopsin (excitaFon) and halorhodopsin (inhibiFon) using lenFvirus and adenoassociated vectors. PopulaFon Vector Decoding OpFmal Linear EsFmaFon + Kalman Filters Hard Disk Space: 8 Seagate 10 Mb drives (stored in exoskeleton frame) Random Access Memory: stored 16Mb on VDisk Hard Disk Space: RAID 6 array of 8 solidstate drives with 256Gb Flash storage each (enclosed in exoskeleton). Secondary “cloud server” backup (100Tb) when networked. Random Access Memory: 96Gb Intel 80286 Processor (25MHz) Dual 6Core Xeon (Intel) Processors 3.06Ghz Microsoa Windows 2.0x Mac OSX (Mountain Lion) [Note: TransiFoning to Ubuntu 13.04 in Summer 2013 for compaFbility issues] 640x480 16bit transparent microbinocular focus system (256 Colors, mostly green) Google Glass (960x540, integrated lenses) DoD satellite networked navigaFon (in collaboraFon with the Strategic Defense IniFaFve) Google Maps + GPS Satellite linkup and modem (2,400 bits/s) 802.11n wireless networking, 4GLTE Broadband (not available on AT&T) 1987 2012 Neural Interface Decoding System Memory CPU OperaFng System Display Background Faced with unprecedented budget cuts and dwindling recruits, 25 years ago the city of Detroit decided to apply discoveries from the emerging field of brain computer interfacing (BCI) to salvage high performance police officers who were disabled from severe injuries. As with all technology, the system designed by Omni Consumer Products (OCP) in 1987 needs major upgrades to incorporate newer technological advancements. Here we highlight offthe shelf advancements to the so called “Robocop” framework for the 21 st Century. First Case Study Background: PaFent AM was a 10 year veteran of the Detroit Police Department (DPD). AM sustained mulFple injuries from bullet trauma in the line of duty, was listed in criFcal condiFon, and placed on lifesupport. Due to lack of family relaFons, AM was placed under the care of his contractual legal guardian OCP (the external contractor for all DPD services). BCI Device: The OCP Cyborg Program started project RoboCop to fit AM with a mulFsystem, inputoutput BCI system using the most technologically advanced architecture at the Fme. This included interfaces for controlling four prostheFc limbs, prostheFc torso, acousFc implants for enhanced hearing and twoway communicaFon, as well as a removable 16bit, monochromaFc augmented reality visual display. Results: Aaer the surgery, AM returned to the force with a superior arrest/capture/kill record compared to nonBCI counterparts (excluding occasional incidents of retrograde memory interference impairing opFmal performance). AM Before AM AEer Conclusions NavigaFon Networking • Aaer the catastrophic failure of the RoboCop2 program (a.k.a. PaFent Cain), OCP has sought to revise the previous human augmentaFon program based on humanoid body frame. • The smaller frame requires lighter & more powerful neuroprostheFc systems. Modern, offtheshelf components easily make this an achievable goal. Acknowledgements This “study” was not funded by OCP or any of it’s subsidiaries (e.g., Halliburton, KBR, SPECTRE). This work was funded by a generous donaFon of $30 from T. Verstynen’s pocket for prinFng. The authors would like to thank Stephen Foldes for his helpful comments. Results AMPre AMpost 0 5 10 15 20 25 AMPre AMpost Kills
Transcript of How to Build a Better RoboCop
Advances in neuroprosthe1cs for Detroit law enforcement personnel: Building a be;er RoboCop today
T. Verstynen & B. Voytek, Guerilla Science Society
Recording: 10,000 Tungsten recording electrodes distributed in all primary sensory and motor areas (3000
electrodes in each primary motor cortex).
S1mula1on: Reverse polarity 5mV sFmulaFon on each electrode.
Recording: 32 channel electocorFcography (ECoG) grid placed on the corFcal surface of each hemisphere (64
channels total)
S1mula1on: OptogeneFc interface with combined channelrhodopsin (excitaFon) and halorhodopsin
(inhibiFon) using lenFvirus and adeno-‐associated vectors.
PopulaFon Vector Decoding OpFmal Linear EsFmaFon + Kalman Filters
Hard Disk Space: 8 Seagate 10 Mb drives (stored in exoskeleton frame)
Random Access Memory: stored 16Mb on VDisk
Hard Disk Space: RAID 6 array of 8 solid-‐state drives with 256Gb Flash storage each (enclosed in exoskeleton).
Secondary “cloud server” backup (100Tb) when networked.
Random Access Memory: 96Gb
Intel 80286 Processor (25MHz) Dual 6-‐Core Xeon (Intel) Processors 3.06Ghz
Microsoa Windows 2.0x Mac OSX (Mountain Lion)
[Note: TransiFoning to Ubuntu 13.04 in Summer 2013 for compaFbility issues]
640x480 16-‐bit transparent micro-‐binocular focus system (256 Colors, mostly green) Google Glass (960x540, integrated lenses)
DoD satellite networked navigaFon (in collaboraFon with the Strategic Defense IniFaFve) Google Maps + GPS
Satellite link-‐up and modem (2,400 bits/s) 802.11n wireless networking, 4G-‐LTE Broadband (not available on AT&T)
1987 2012
Neural Interface
Decoding
System Memory
CPU
OperaFng System
Display
Background Faced with unprecedented budget cuts and dwindling recruits, 25 years ago the city of Detroit decided to apply discoveries from the emerging field of brain computer interfacing (BCI) to salvage high performance police officers who were disabled from severe injuries. As with all technology, the system designed by Omni Consumer Products (OCP) in 1987 needs major upgrades to incorporate newer technological advancements. Here we highlight off-‐the-‐shelf advancements to the so called “Robocop” framework for the 21st Century.
First Case Study Background: PaFent AM was a 10 year veteran of the Detroit Police Department (DPD). AM sustained mulFple injuries from bullet trauma in the line of duty, was listed in criFcal condiFon, and placed on life-‐support. Due to lack of family relaFons, AM was placed under the care of his contractual legal guardian OCP (the external contractor for all DPD services). BCI Device: The OCP Cyborg Program started project RoboCop to fit AM with a mulF-‐system, input-‐output BCI system using the most technologically advanced architecture at the Fme. This included interfaces for controlling four prostheFc limbs, prostheFc torso, acousFc implants for enhanced hearing and two-‐way communicaFon, as well as a removable 16-‐bit, monochromaFc augmented reality visual display. Results: Aaer the surgery, AM returned to the force with a superior arrest/capture/kill record compared to non-‐BCI counterparts (excluding occasional incidents of retrograde memory interference impairing opFmal performance).
AM Before AM AEer
Conclusions
NavigaFon
Networking
• Aaer the catastrophic failure of the RoboCop2 program (a.k.a. PaFent Cain), OCP has sought to revise the previous human augmentaFon program based on humanoid body frame. • The smaller frame requires lighter & more powerful neuroprostheFc systems. Modern, off-‐the-‐shelf components easily make this an achievable goal.
Acknowledgements This “study” was not funded by OCP or any of it’s subsidiaries (e.g., Halliburton, KBR, SPECTRE). This work was funded by a generous donaFon of $30 from T. Verstynen’s pocket for prinFng. The authors would like to thank Stephen Foldes for his helpful comments.
Results
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