A VERSATILE ROBOTIC WHEELCHAIR COMMANDED BY BRAIN SIGNALS OR EYE BLINKS

André Ferreira, Daniel Cruz Cavalieri, Rafael Leal Silva, Teodiano Freire Bastos-Filho, Mário Sarcinelli-Filho

2008

Abstract

A system allowing a person with severe neuromotor disfunction to choose symbols in a Personal Digital Assistent (PDA) using electroencephalography (EEG) or electromyography (EMG) is implemented onboard an electrical wheelchair. Through this system the user is able to elicit personal needs or states, like sleep, thirst or hunger; to write texts using an alpha-numeric keyboard and to command a robotic wheelchair. The EEG patterns used are event-related synchronization and de-synchronization (ERS and ERD, respectively) occurring in the alpha band of the signal spectrum captured in the occipital region of the head, while the EMG patterns are eye-blinks. The results so far obtained with the system developed, in indoor and outdoor environments, are quite satisfactory. This paper describes the system so far implemented and shows some experimental results associated to it.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Ferreira A., Cruz Cavalieri D., Leal Silva R., Freire Bastos-Filho T. and Sarcinelli-Filho M. (2008). A VERSATILE ROBOTIC WHEELCHAIR COMMANDED BY BRAIN SIGNALS OR EYE BLINKS . In Proceedings of the First International Conference on Biomedical Electronics and Devices - Volume 2: BIODEVICES, (BIOSTEC 2008) ISBN 978-989-8111- 17-3, pages 62-67. DOI: 10.5220/0001048200620067

in Bibtex Style

@conference{biodevices08,
author={André Ferreira and Daniel Cruz Cavalieri and Rafael Leal Silva and Teodiano Freire Bastos-Filho and Mário Sarcinelli-Filho},
title={A VERSATILE ROBOTIC WHEELCHAIR COMMANDED BY BRAIN SIGNALS OR EYE BLINKS},
booktitle={Proceedings of the First International Conference on Biomedical Electronics and Devices - Volume 2: BIODEVICES, (BIOSTEC 2008)},
year={2008},
pages={62-67},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0001048200620067},
isbn={978-989-8111- 17-3},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the First International Conference on Biomedical Electronics and Devices - Volume 2: BIODEVICES, (BIOSTEC 2008)
TI - A VERSATILE ROBOTIC WHEELCHAIR COMMANDED BY BRAIN SIGNALS OR EYE BLINKS
SN - 978-989-8111- 17-3
AU - Ferreira A.
AU - Cruz Cavalieri D.
AU - Leal Silva R.
AU - Freire Bastos-Filho T.
AU - Sarcinelli-Filho M.
PY - 2008
SP - 62
EP - 67
DO - 10.5220/0001048200620067