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Hands-Free Operation of a Small Mobile Robot

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The Intelligent Systems and Robotics Center of Sandia National Laboratories has an ongoing research program in advanced user interfaces. As part of this research, promising new transduction devices, particularly hands-free devices, are being explored for the control of mobile and floor-mounted robotic systems. Brainwave control has been successfully demonstrated by other researchers in a variety of fields. In the research described here, Sandia developed and demonstrated a proof-of-concept brainwave-controlled mobile robot system. Preliminary results were encouraging. Additional work required to turn this into a reliable, fieldable system for mobile robotic control is identified. Used in conjunction with other controls, brainwave control could be an effective control method in certain circumstances.

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  1. Intelligent Systems and Robotics Center, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM

    Wendy Amai & Jill Fahrenholtz

  2. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA

    Chris Leger

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Amai, W., Fahrenholtz, J. & Leger, C. Hands-Free Operation of a Small Mobile Robot. Autonomous Robots 11, 69–76 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1011260229560

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