News:
- We have developed a brain-computer interface (BCI) for high-level control of a humanoid robot. The BCI allows a human subject to command the robot, via brain activity, to pick up a desired object and bring it to a desired location.
- Press Coverage: CBS News (News video and photos of the CBS visit), ABC News (Video), DISCOVER Magazine, Popular Mechanics, The Telegraph, Discovery Channel, National Public Radio, Seattle Times,
King 5 TV News, The Motley Fool, LiveScience, Engadget, and others.
- Details and pictures of the BCI
- Press Release
- Video of the brain-controlled humanoid robot in action (also in MOV format). The robot walks up to a table containing two objects and conveys the images of the objects to the human. The BCI infers which of the two objects the human wants and communicates this choice to the robot. The robot picks up the selected object and proceeds to the center of the room. The human then selects a destination for the object (again through brain activity) and the robot brings the object to this destination location.
- Video of brain responses during operation of the BCI. The brain responds differently when the target object currently being attended to flashes, compared to another object. This difference is detected and used by the BCI to infer which object the human wants. A similar procedure is used to infer which target location (destination) the human wants the robot to go to.
- Students involved: Christian Bell, Rawichote Chalodhorn, Ravi Kiran, Shen-Hui Lee, Pradeep Shenoy.
- "Brain-actuated control of a humanoid robot: Towards embodied BCI systems": Presentation at the Current Trends in Brain-Computer Interfacing Workshop, December 9, 2006.
- Past news items