Bioelectrical Activity to help move androids using brain
Moving robots using brain waves isn’t a novel technology, but the application of this idea has varied from institute to institute. A team from the institute of Engineering Research of Aragon (I3A), University of Zaragoza have designed a couple of prototypes that present another version of robotic mobility prompted by the orders from the brain. This technique uses bioelectrical activity captured and interpreted using a computer. Once the prompt is decoded, another computer relays that order to the robot eventually converting it into action.
The researchers use a helmet with electrodes to record the electrical activity. A system of visual simulation has also been brought into use that works on areas represented on the screen and produces the sequence emitted by the robot. The selected area is then transferred to the navigation technology that generates an autonomous movement in the robot.
There are constraints varying from bad interpretation of signals to internet breakdown. The researchers therefore believe that it would take a couple of years before this brain-computer interface technology can be implemented to help people with physical disorders.
Via: Aragon Investiga
