BrainCo, a brain-computer interface company, unveiled a Brain-Controlled Robot AI Platform at the 2026 World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC) in Shanghai on July 17, 2026, according to the company. The platform allows users to direct a robot through neural signals picked up by a lightweight EEG headset, with AI algorithms decoding the signals to identify motor or control intent before converting that intent into robot commands, the company said. The process takes under 200 milliseconds, according to BrainCo, and during the WAIC demonstration the platform completed tasks such as grasping a cup and picking up an apple.
BrainCo said the platform is designed to work with a range of commercially available robots, including humanoid machines, robotic arms and four-legged robotic dogs, without requiring proprietary hardware. The company describes the underlying framework as "Neuro-Embodied-AI," under which the BCI decodes intent, an AI layer breaks that intent into actionable steps, and the robot's own systems handle execution. "A decade of BCI research has given us the ability to decode what a person intends to do and translate that into machine action," said Nyx He, Partner and Senior Vice President of BrainCo. "By integrating brain-computer interfaces, AI, and embodied AI, we believe it will define the next chapter of human-machine collaboration."
BrainCo also debuted an Embodied AI Data Collection Solution at its booth, built on a dual-arm wheeled data collection platform and a high-precision data collection glove that records robot execution, human demonstration, virtual simulation and EEG data from the human operator, the company said. The booth also featured the Revo 3 Dexterous Hand, the Intelligent Bionic Hand and the Intelligent Bionic Leg. Alexander De Croo, Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme, visited the booth, according to BrainCo.
