Robot Control through Brain-Computer Interface for Pattern Generation

A Brain Computer Interface (BCI) system processes and translates neuronal signals, that mainly comes from EEG instruments, into commands for controlling electronic devices. This system can allow people with motor disabilities to control external devices through the real‐time modulation of their brain waves. In this context an EEG‐based BCI system that allows creative luminous artistic representations is here presented. The system that has been designed and realized in our laboratory interfaces the BCI2000 platform performing real‐time analysis of EEG signals with a couple of moving luminescent twin robots. Experiments are also presented.

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