A virtual reality wheelchair driving simulator for use with a brain-computer interface

Bartlomiej Grychtol; Heba Lakany; Bernard A. Conway

A virtual reality wheelchair driving simulator for use with a brain-computer interface

Bartlomiej Grychtol, Heba Lakany, Bernard A. Conway

Biomedical Engineering

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Abstract

For patients with extensive paralysis, autonomous control of an electric powered wheelchair (EPW) is very difficult. Recent developments in brain-computer interfaces (BCI) suggest that BCI systems could provide an effective strategy for wheelchair control. Our goal is to build a BCI-controlled EPW to provide paralysed subjects with a means of autonomous mobility. This requires a safe testbed on which trials and user training are conducted. This paper presents an extendible virtual environment simulator of an EPW to fulfil that purpose. It combines the features of simulators used in robotics with those built for training and evaluation of prospective wheelchair users.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 5th UKRI PG Conference in Biomedical Engineering and Medical Physics
Editors	Christopher J. James, Charmaine Demanuele, Aida Jiminez-Gonzalez
Place of Publication	[Oxford]
Publisher	IEEE UKRI EMBS
Pages	67-68
Number of pages	2
Publication status	Published - 12 Jul 2009
Event	The 5th UK & RI Postgraduate Conference in Biomedical Engineering and Medical Physics - Oxford, United Kingdom Duration: 12 Jul 2009 → 14 Jul 2009 Conference number: 5th

Conference

Conference	The 5th UK & RI Postgraduate Conference in Biomedical Engineering and Medical Physics
Country/Territory	United Kingdom
City	Oxford
Period	12/07/09 → 14/07/09

Keywords

autonomous control
electric powered wheelchair
robotics

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Grychtol, B, Lakany, H & Conway, BA 2009, A virtual reality wheelchair driving simulator for use with a brain-computer interface. in CJ James, C Demanuele & A Jiminez-Gonzalez (eds), Proceedings of the 5th UKRI PG Conference in Biomedical Engineering and Medical Physics . IEEE UKRI EMBS, [Oxford], pp. 67-68, The 5th UK & RI Postgraduate Conference in Biomedical Engineering and Medical Physics, Oxford, United Kingdom, 12/07/09.

A virtual reality wheelchair driving simulator for use with a brain-computer interface. / Grychtol, Bartlomiej; Lakany, Heba; Conway, Bernard A.

Proceedings of the 5th UKRI PG Conference in Biomedical Engineering and Medical Physics . ed. / Christopher J. James; Charmaine Demanuele; Aida Jiminez-Gonzalez. [Oxford] : IEEE UKRI EMBS, 2009. p. 67-68.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution book

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