ASTIDET: Eye-tracker with Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation

For a human-robot interface it is important to have a good model of how the human subject operates. However,
since such a model is difficult to obtain, then the robotics
interface must observe accurately the subj. behaviour when
interacting with him.

We present a new human-robot
interface for active interaction with the cognitive and emotional human domains. Since eye movements convey a lot of info about one subjects cognitive and emotive status,
we have designed a new human-robot interface which uses a video-based Eye-Tracker (ET) to observe the subjects line of gaze. Since we are also interested in using our interface
for studying and treating depression, our interface can send
stimulating inputs to the subject using both a Transcranial
Magnetic Stimulator (TMS) and a visual stimulus. The latter elicits the subjects emotions and consists of a set of pictures of facial expressions, which have been shown according to a
novel visualization protocol, called Memory-Guided Filtering (MGF). Its effectiveness has been verified by means of many experimental results. We also present the application of our
human-robot interface for preliminary studies concerning new cognitive rehabilitation strategies in depression.

Authors: G.L. Mariottini, D.Prattichizzo, M.De Biasi, C.Snickars
A.Rufa, A.De Capua, S.Rossi

NOTE: This video wants only to represents the personal intellectual contribution of the author himself to the project.

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• eye-tracker
• tms
• emotion
• medicina
• HRI
• human
• robot
• interface

[gianlucamariottini]

@Jaybeegirl

True, these were initial results of this research. Any suggestion on how to improve it?

[MrTurtle1985]

I apologize for giving this video a bad rating! YouTube should make it harder to rate "by error". I just wanted to click Pause for a second.

@poeticpisces2007 - you seem to see too much into TMS. Sensational tool, but not to make your dream happen.

[poeticpisces2007]

Fuck that. Transcranial magnetic stimulation can open up the world for new ways of thought and innovation. Imagine, being able to recall every detail of information on any subject at any given point, within less than a second. Wouldn't that be just lovely?

[benfirst]

TMS is really crude. Hardly suitable for good research despite it's popularity...