Brain---computer interfaces for space applications

  • Authors:

  • Cristina Negueruela;Michael Broschart;Carlo Menon;José R. Millán

  • Affiliations:

  • Advanced Space Systems and Technologies, GMV, Madrid, Spain 28760 and Advanced Concepts Team, European Space Agency, Noordwijk, The Netherlands;Germanischer Lloyd Industrial Services GmbH, Hamburg, Germany and Advanced Concepts Team, European Space Agency, Noordwijk, The Netherlands;School of Engineering Science, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, Canada and Advanced Concepts Team, European Space Agency, Noordwijk, The Netherlands;Defitech Chair in Non-Invasive Brain-Machine Interface Center for Neuroprosthetics, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland

  • Venue:
  • Personal and Ubiquitous Computing
  • Year:
  • 2011

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Abstract

Recent experiments have shown the possibility to use the brain electrical activity to directly control the movement of robots. Such a kind of brain---computer interface is a natural way to augment human capabilities by providing a new interaction link with the outside world and is particularly relevant as an aid for paralysed humans, although it also opens up new possibilities in human---robot interaction for able-bodied people. One of these new fields of application is the use of brain---computer interfaces in the space environment, where astronauts are subject to extreme conditions and could greatly benefit from direct mental teleoperation of external semi-automatic manipulators--for instance, mental commands could be sent without any output/latency delays, as it is the case for manual control in microgravity conditions. Previous studies show that there is a considerable potential for this technology onboard spacecraft.