University of Minnesota researchers, led by biomedical engineer Bin He, are working to improve planning and functionalτητας μιας προηγμένης συσκευής διεπαφής εγκεφάλου – υπολογιστή (BCI), η οποία θα χρησιμοποιηθεί για τον έλεγχο ενός τετρα-ελικοπτέρου (quadcopter) σαν κατευθυντήριο μέσο flights and will use brain impulses only.
In general, a BCI device has an array of electrodes, like those used for EEG, which are able to pick up and interpret the electrical signals from the human brain, and will use them to control lights, electrical appliances , a mouse in a screen computer, wheelchairs and obviously, quadcopters.
The team is developing the BCI device in the hope that it could once be used to rehabilitate people with severe disabilities. The device was developed with funding from the American National Science Foundation (NSF).
The team uses a BCI receptor equipped with 64 electrodes that are capable of collecting very little detail from the electrical activity of the human brain. A specialized software interprets these signals, and sends the directions to the quadcopter via Wi-Fi.