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%A Escolano, Carlos
%A Murguialday, Ander Ramos
%A Matuz, Tamara
%A Birbaumer, Niels
%A Minguez, Javier
%T A telepresence robotic system operated with a P300-based brain-computer interface: 												Initial Tests with ALS patients
%J 2010 Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBC'10
%D 2010
%U https://hdl.handle.net/11556/1595
%X 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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