Direct brain-controlled multi-robot cooperation task

• Published in: Sheng wu yi xue gong cheng xue za zhi Vol. 35; no. 6; p. 943
• Main Authors: Zhang, Chao, Xiong, Xin, Ren, Hongjin, Fu, Yunfa
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Chinese
• Published: China Sichuan Society for Biomedical Engineering 25.12.2018
• Subjects: Brain; Cooperation; Experimental research; Human-computer interface; Humanoid; Multiple robots; Robot control; Robots; Switches; Visual evoked potentials; steady-state visual evoked potentials; brain-robot interaction; brain control; brain switch; multi-robot cooperation
• ISSN: 1001-5515
• DOI: 10.7507/1001-5515.201802022

Brain control is a new control method. The traditional brain-controlled robot is mainly used to control a single robot to accomplish a specific task. However, the brain-controlled multi-robot cooperation (MRC) task is a new topic to be studied. This paper presents an experimental research which received the "Innovation Creative Award" in the brain-computer interface (BCI) brain-controlled robot contest at the World Robot Contest. Two effective brain switches were set: total control brain switch and transfer switch, and BCI based steady-state visual evoked potentials (SSVEP) was adopted to navigate a humanoid robot and a mechanical arm to complete the cooperation task. Control test of 10 subjects showed that the excellent SSVEP-BCI can be used to achieve the MRC task by appropriately setting up the brain switches. This study is expected to provide inspiration for the future practical brain-controlled MRC task system.