A telepresence robotic system operated with a P300-based brain-computer interface: Initial Tests with ALS patients

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URI: https://hdl.handle.net/11556/1595
ISBN: 9781424441235
DOI: 10.1109/IEMBS.2010.5626045
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2010
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Brain-computer interfaces (BCIs) open a new valuable communication channel for people with severe neurological or motor degenerative diseases, such as ALS patients. On the other hand, the ability to teleoperate robots in a remote scenario provides a physical entity embodied in a real environment ready to perceive, explore, and interact. The combination of both functionalities provides a system with benefits for ALS patients in the context of neurorehabilitation or maintainment of the neural activity. This paper reports a BCI telepresence system which offers navigation, exploration and bidirectional communication, only controlled by brain activity; and an initial study of applicability with ALS patients. The results show the feasibility of this technology in real patients.
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Biomedical Engineering , Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition , Signal Processing , Health Informatics
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Escolano , C , Murguialday , A R , Matuz , T , Birbaumer , N & Minguez , J 2010 , A telepresence robotic system operated with a P300-based brain-computer interface : Initial Tests with ALS patients . in 2010 Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBC'10 . , 5626045 , 2010 Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBC'10 , pp. 4476-4480 , 2010 32nd Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBC'10 , Buenos Aires , Argentina , 31/08/10 . https://doi.org/10.1109/IEMBS.2010.5626045
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