Non-invasive cognitive-level human interfacing for the robotic
restoration of reaching & grasping
restoration of reaching & grasping
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Accepted version
Author(s)
Shafti, Seyed Ali
Faisal, Aldo
Type
Conference Paper
Abstract
Assistive and Wearable Robotics have the potential to support humans with different types of motor impairments to become independent and fulfil their activities of daily living successfully. The success of these robot systems, however, relies on the ability to meaningfully decode human action intentions and carry them out appropriately. Neural interfaces have been explored for use in such system with several successes, however, they tend to be invasive and require training periods in the order of months. We present a robotic system for human augmentation, capable of actuating the user’s arm and fingers for them, effectively restoring the capability of reaching, grasping and manipulating objects; controlled solely through the user’s eye movements. We combine wearable eye tracking, the visual context of the environment and the structural grammar of human actions to create a cognitive-level assistive robotic setup that enables the users in fulfilling activities of daily living, while conserving interpretability, and the agency of the user. The interface is worn, calibrated and ready to use within 5 minutes. Users learn to control and make successful use of the system with an additional 5 minutes of interaction. The system is tested with 5 healthy participants, showing an average success rate of96.6%on first attempt across6 tasks.
Date Acceptance
2021-02-01
Citation
10th International IEEE EMBS Conference on Neural Engineering
Publisher
IEEE
Journal / Book Title
10th International IEEE EMBS Conference on Neural Engineering
Copyright Statement
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Sponsor
Commission of the European Communities
Identifier
https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9441453
Grant Number
644000
Source
10th International IEEE EMBS Conference on Neural Engineering (NER 21)
Subjects
Science & Technology
Technology
Life Sciences & Biomedicine
Computer Science, Theory & Methods
Engineering, Biomedical
Neurosciences
Computer Science
Engineering
Neurosciences & Neurology
TETRAPLEGIA
cs.RO
cs.RO
cs.AI
Publication Status
Published
Start Date
2021-05-04
Finish Date
2021-05-06
Coverage Spatial
Virtual