A noninvasive brain-actuated wheelchair based on a P300 neurophysiological protocol and automated navigation

IEEE Transactions on Robotics

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 614-627

  Iturrate, Iñaki ^a   Antelis, Jevier M ^a   Kübler, Andrea ^b,c   Minguez, Javier ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Neurorobotics; Rehabilitation robotics

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATED NAVIGATION; AUTONOMOUS NAVIGATION SYSTEMS; DRIVING SESSION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM SIGNALS; EVALUATION STUDY; HIGH ROBUSTNESS; LASER SCANNER; NEUROROBOTICS; REHABILITATION ROBOTICS; TARGET LOCATION; TECHNICAL EVALUATION; VISUAL INTERFACE; VISUAL STIMULATION;

NAVIGATION; NAVIGATION SYSTEMS; PATIENT REHABILITATION; ROBOTICS; ROBOTS; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

WHEELCHAIRS;

EID: 67649274437     PISSN: 15523098     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TRO.2009.2020347     Document Type: Article

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