From controlling dreams in the brain to embodied intelligence, this startup is trying to reshape the boundaries of brain-computer interfaces.

In the current era of surging technological waves, Brain-Computer Interface (BCI) technology is reshaping our understanding of human-machine interaction, medical rehabilitation, and even the essence of life with its unprecedented potential. At the forefront of this technological revolution, a startup named "Maschine Robot" is leading an in-depth exploration of consciousness digitization and embodied intelligence with its unique vision and forward-looking layout, attempting to forge a path that combines technological depth with future imagination.

The Road to "Digital Immortality" Inspired by Science Fiction

The story of Maschine Robot began in 2021. The establishment of this company was not accidental but was incubated and supported by top academic forces. It was founded with the technical support of the MIT Human-Computer Interaction Laboratory and the Stanford Neuroscience Laboratory, and jointly founded by senior personnel from academia and related industries.

In our view, the name "Maschine Robot" itself is full of science fiction color - its inspiration comes from the well-known science fiction movie "Ex-Machina" and the TV series "Westworld". This naming not only demonstrates the company's pursuit of cutting-edge technology but also reveals its grand technological vision: to ultimately achieve the digital download of human thoughts and mechanical immortality through the combination of brain-computer interface, artificial intelligence, and humanoid robot technology.

From a practical perspective, Maschine Robot positions itself as developing brain-computer interface and hybrid human-machine (robot) interaction technology products that can be applied on a large scale in real-life scenarios, aiming to become a leader in the Brain and Machine industry practice. To this end, the company has established two core brands: the brain-computer interface brand "Brain Machine" and the embodied intelligent machine brand "Machine Robot".

Since its establishment, Maschine Robot has demonstrated strong technological strength and market potential. As of 2025, the company has completed multiple rounds of financing totaling hundreds of millions of yuan, which provides a solid guarantee for its subsequent technological research and development and product implementation. At the same time, the company has successfully launched multiple brain-computer interface product systems for industry services and released multiple brain-computer interface chip solutions for invasive brain-computer interface product applications. In addition to traditional brain-computer interface technology research and development, Maschine Robot has also focused its research on the cognitive functions and interactive applications of the brain, such as emotion, memory, sleep and dreams, and thought communication, based on brain interface technology.

At the beginning of its establishment, Maschine Robot's internal technological vision was clear and grand: to achieve the download and storage of thoughts (Mind) based on brain-computer interface technology, and to achieve the upload and regeneration of thoughts on the robot body (Body) through embodied intelligence technology. The key technological steps in its positioning are closely linked, outlining a complete chain from connection to immortality:

First, "connect the brain" through brain-computer interface technology; second, "interpret the mind" in depth; third, accurately "copy the emotion"; finally, "rebuild the body" through robot technology, thus achieving the immortality of human thoughts and machines (make the human immortal).

To achieve this vision, Maschine Robot's technological development mainly focuses on the combination of brain-computer interface chip circuits, electrodes, data, and AI algorithm technology to develop hybrid brain-computer interface platform products. The company has also laid out two brain-computer interface technology routes, wearable and implantable, and coordinated with the technology of human motion intelligent wearable interactive robot control and operation training to achieve new-generation brain-computer interaction technologies such as dream generation, thought typing, and thought control, as well as human-robot skill training and interactive product services. This multi-dimensional and cross-field technological integration is the cornerstone for Maschine Robot to build a future human-machine ecosystem.

Product Portfolio: Exploring the Infinite Possibilities of Human-Machine Interaction

In terms of layout, Maschine Robot has adopted a parallel strategy of 2B (for enterprises) and 2C (for consumers), aiming to apply brain-computer interface technology to a wider range of scenarios, from basic scientific research to cutting-edge applications, and then to the interactive experience in daily life. Currently, the company has launched multiple brain-computer interface platforms, chip solutions, and interactive entertainment products.

2B Solutions for Industry and Scientific Research

In terms of 2B products for industry services, Maschine Robot has built a comprehensive brain-computer interface platform system, providing diverse solutions for professional users to accelerate the development of brain science research and related industries:

X-BCI Basic Industry Service Brain-Computer Interaction Platform: This is a comprehensive brain-computer interface service platform that integrates brain-computer hardware, data services, and AI algorithm interfaces, aiming to provide an integrated solution to simplify the intelligent processing and deployment of brain-computer interaction tasks.

S-BCI High-Throughput Invasive Brain-Computer Interface Chip Platform: Benchmarked against international cutting-edge technologies, S-BCI focuses on high-precision spike potential detection. By providing multiple invasive chips, it aims to improve the paradigms of neural regulation and brain science research.

A-BCI High-Precision Brain-Computer Interaction Experiment Platform: Specifically designed for cutting-edge brain-computer interface and behavioral science research, this platform provides immersive multi-modal stimulus presentation through the integration of VR/AR technology, and supports in-depth exploration of the interaction mechanism between brain activities and the external world with high-precision hardware and intelligent software.

Cutting-Edge 2C Interactive Experiences Close to Life

In terms of cutting-edge technological interactive entertainment products for consumers, Maschine Robot has also demonstrated rich imagination and launched a series of innovative products, aiming to enhance users' daily life experiences and expand the boundaries of human senses and interaction:

BCI-Dream & BCI-Sleep (Sleep and Dream Products): These two products are committed to improving users' sleep quality and subconscious experience through neural technology and human-computer interaction design. Among them, the "Dreamgear Dream Painting Device", the world's first brain-computer interface product for dream monitoring and reconstruction based on AGI algorithms, was launched at the end of 2024.

BCI-Music & BCI-Love (Music and Emotion Products): These two products integrate AI, brain-computer interface, and emotion computing. BCI-Music can generate music in real-time based on users' emotions, while BCI-Love enhances emotional perception and communication ability through the brain-computer interface, aiming to reshape the deep connection between people and music, and between people.

BCI-Control & BCI-Feeling (Control and Perception Interaction Products): These products provide users with external device control and external perception brain neural feedback enhancement, realizing true thought control and enhanced perception of all things in the outside world, bringing new possibilities for medical rehabilitation and entertainment interaction.

Embodied Intelligence and Wearable Systems: Building the Future Form of Human-Machine Integration

In the eyes of the outside world, Maschine Robot's "wearable-embodied intelligent products" aim to build the future form of human-machine integration. Through the acquisition and computational modeling of human intelligent attributes by the intelligent wearable system, these attributes are transplanted to virtual or physical intelligent agents (Agent), enabling the intelligent agents to have the same functions, behaviors, and emotional characteristics as the human body. The core is the data interaction collection and training platform for embodied intelligent robots, which can collect data such as brain thoughts, body movements, and fine hand operations, and conduct training.

ALS Public Welfare Project: Technology Lights Up the Hope of Patients with Rare Diseases

In the direction of public welfare medical care, Maschine Robot is actively involved in the scientific and technological auxiliary applications for rare diseases. The company, in collaboration with Peking Union Medical College Hospital, has launched a public welfare medical project (BCI-ALS) to assist patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) based on brain-computer interface technology. This project aims to achieve the goal of making the patients' thoughts "move" through brain-computer interface technology, considering the characteristics of patients with ALS who are completely paralyzed but have a clear mind in the late stage.

Specifically, the BCI-ALS project aims to help patients solve a series of practical problems, including: how to express ideas, how to "speak", how to move the wheelchair, how to perceive the world, how to use electronic devices, how to preserve memories, and whether they can have a new body in the future. To this end, Maschine Robot has launched product service solutions in three directions: brain-computer communication, brain-computer control, and brain-computer robots, such as brain-controlled typing keyboards, intelligent brain-controlled wheelchairs, and brain-controlled embodied robots.

Forward-Looking Exploration: The Download of Memories and the Philosophical Proposition of "Thought Immortality"

It is understood that at the beginning of its establishment, Maschine Robot, in synchronization with Neuralink, launched a forward-looking exploration project research plan on memory and regeneration based on brain-computer interface technology. This shows its highly forward-looking thinking about the future development of brain-computer interface technology, directly pointing to the ultimate proposition of human civilization - the perpetuity of life and consciousness.

BCI Memory Transplantation Project: This project is committed to the long-term collection, decoding, reconstruction, and storage of human memories based on brain-computer interface technology, and further explores the intervention and writing of brain memories.

BCI Thought Immortality Project: This project aims to collect, analyze, and computationally model the holographic information of the brain based on brain-computer interface technology, form a human brain twin intelligent agent system, and upload it to the computing system or humanoid robot system, ultimately achieving virtual and mechanical immortality.

Of course, these directions are currently still mostly in the theoretical and experimental verification stage, and there is still a significant distance from actual products. However, Maschine Robot's exploration undoubtedly depicts a future scenario beyond biological limits for humanity, triggering our in-depth thinking about life, consciousness, and ways of existence.

Conclusion: Redefining the Boundary of Human-Machine Symbiosis between Fantasy and Reality

The technological path depicted by Maschine Robot spans multiple complex and intersecting technical fields such as neuroscience, artificial intelligence, human-computer interaction, and robotics. It not only involves highly cutting-edge engineering problems but also touches on profound philosophical propositions such as consciousness, emotion, memory, and the digitization of life.

Currently, the upstream and downstream of the brain-computer interface industry chain are still taking shape, and the ethical and regulatory systems are not yet clear. This means that the pace of product and technology implementation of forward-looking companies like Maschine Robot still needs further observation. However, this company with "consciousness and embodiment" as its core concepts is exploring an unconventional development route for brain-computer interface technology in the posture of a technological romantic. They are not only committed to developing revolutionary technological products but also challenging our traditional understanding of human potential and forms of existence, undoubtedly depicting a technological future full of infinite possibilities and a new definition of the boundary of human-machine symbiosis.