Controlling a Robot Using Brain Waves

The aim of this project is to control a robot using a Brain Machine Interface (BMI). The electrophysiological signals generated from the brain are used to command different devices. The signals generated can be processed and conditioned by the BMI to perform the specific work for which they are generated. The research in BMI can naturally improve the quality of life of the disabled persons. BMI gives neural response which helps controlling a robot with one's mind. The BMI used here is NeuroSky Mindwave which is a three electrode system as compared to the previous BMI's which has a complex twenty four electrodes and is very clumsy to handle. The main advantage of the BMI used in this paper is that it uses dry electrodes over the traditional wet electrodes which makes the user very uncomfortable which decreases the accuracy of the neural response recorded.