Humans constantly seek effective and natural ways to communicate with each other and with technology. With the development of large language and visual AI models, machines are increasingly capable of understanding spoken and non-verbal human communication. However, they still fail to perceive key physiological factors in the human body, such as fatigue, focus, or even emotional state — factors that significantly affect the quality and effectiveness of communication. This gap is addressed by neural interfaces that can decode the neural codes from noninvasively recorded electrophysiological signals, such as electroencephalograms and electromyograms.

At the Festival of Robotics and Artificial Intelligence 2025, TehnoPark, Celje, Slovenia, the UM team presented the potential of combining neural interfaces with large AI models. On Thursday, April 17, 2025, we organised a hands-on demonstration titled "Muscles Play a Video Game". Participants had the opportunity to control a video game using only their muscles and to experience the potential of modern human-machine interfaces firsthand.

On Saturday, April 19, 2025, we gave a lecture titled "Human-Machine Communication: Past, Present, and Future", where we explored the current state of human-machine communication interfaces, their advantages and limitations, and their development trends. We discussed the role of artificial intelligence in understanding human expression and examined how technology can be enhanced to become more intuitive and personalized. Finally, we addressed ethical questions that are or will be essential in shaping our modern society.

The lecture video will soon be available on TehnoPark's webpage.