Rehabilitation Robotics: A hybrid brain-robot interface for social interaction

The video shows how the humanoid iCub robot assists people with severe
motor control deficits to engage in social interaction without the
need for any own movements. The system is based on a brain-robot
interface that analyzes human brain signals in real-time and triggers
the interaction. The system is hybrid in the sense that unlike many
other brain-machine interfaces two different brain patterns are
analyzed in parallel and used for different elements of the
interaction. Further, the robot is not fully controlled by the
interface, but its semi-autonomous behavior is manipulated only when
the user needs assistance.

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• Citec
• Citec Bielefeld
• Bielefeld University
• Andrea Finke
• Nils Hachmeister
• Hannes Riechmann
• Kathrin Lohan
• Helge Ritter
• icub
• Rehabilitation Robotics
• Robotics

[wlorenz65]

Now the handy-capped user has the toy. And now? What does he want with the toy?

It seems that *YOU* are the real user, and the handycapped man is your toy!

[luisbeck007]

- Hi, this is the God of Humanoid Robots :-)