A BCI-controlled Robot Assistant for Navigation and Object Manipulation in a VR Smart Home Environment

Ethel Pruss, Jos Prinsen, Anita Vrins, Caterina Ceccato, Maryam Alimardani

2022

Abstract

BCI-controlled smart homes enable people with severe motor disabilities to perform household activities, which would otherwise be inaccessible to them. In this paper, we present a proof of concept of an assistive robot with telepresence functionality inside a Virtual Reality (VR) smart home. Using live EEG data and a P300 Brain-Computer Interface (BCI), the user is able to control a virtual agent and interact with the smart home environment. We further discuss the potential use cases of our proposed system for patients with motor impairment and recommend directions for future research.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Pruss E., Prinsen J., Vrins A., Ceccato C. and Alimardani M. (2022). A BCI-controlled Robot Assistant for Navigation and Object Manipulation in a VR Smart Home Environment. In Proceedings of the 15th International Joint Conference on Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies (BIOSTEC 2022) - Volume 1: BIODEVICES; ISBN 978-989-758-552-4, SciTePress, pages 231-237. DOI: 10.5220/0011010800003123

in Bibtex Style

@conference{biodevices22,
author={Ethel Pruss and Jos Prinsen and Anita Vrins and Caterina Ceccato and Maryam Alimardani},
title={A BCI-controlled Robot Assistant for Navigation and Object Manipulation in a VR Smart Home Environment},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 15th International Joint Conference on Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies (BIOSTEC 2022) - Volume 1: BIODEVICES},
year={2022},
pages={231-237},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0011010800003123},
isbn={978-989-758-552-4},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 15th International Joint Conference on Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies (BIOSTEC 2022) - Volume 1: BIODEVICES
TI - A BCI-controlled Robot Assistant for Navigation and Object Manipulation in a VR Smart Home Environment
SN - 978-989-758-552-4
AU - Pruss E.
AU - Prinsen J.
AU - Vrins A.
AU - Ceccato C.
AU - Alimardani M.
PY - 2022
SP - 231
EP - 237
DO - 10.5220/0011010800003123
PB - SciTePress