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2007 IEEE 10th International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics

DOI: 10.1109/icorr.2007.4428546

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Controlling a wheelchair using a BCI with low information transfer rate

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Abstract

This paper describes a control hierarchy to drive a wheelchair using an interface with asynchronous and very low information transfer rate signal. Path guiding assistance allows the user to bring his or her wheelchair in a building environment, from one destination to the next destination. The user can stop the wheelchair voluntarily during movement, or through a reflex elicited by sensors. Decisions are simplified by presenting only the possible selections on the GUI, in a context dependent menu. This system is implemented on a conventional wheelchair with a P300 Brain Machine Interface. Tests with healthy subjects show that this system can move the wheelchair in a typical building environment according to the wishes of its user, and that the brain control is not disturbed by the movement.