, April 30 -- A team of Chinese researchers has independently developed a robotic system capable of implanting ultra-thin, flexible microelectrodes into the brains of animals.

The robot was designed by experts from the Institute of Automation at the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and has been preliminarily approved as part of Shenzhen's major brain analysis and simulation infrastructure initiative.

Equipped with several proprietary technologies, the robot is compatible with a range of flexible microelectrodes and enables accurate cortical implantation in both rodents and non-human primates, according to Yu Shan, head of the research team at CAS.

This innovation allows scientists to implant electrodes that are thinner and more flexib...