Implementation of Robotic arm control with Emotiv Epoc

T. Shashibala, Bharti W. Gawali

Brain Computer Interface, robotic arm, Emotiv EPOC, patterns, expressions, emotions, cognition and motor movement.

Brain Computer Interface (BCI) has opened up a new hope for people suffering from severe motor disabilities, having no physical activities caused due to disease or injury to the central or peripheral nervous system. A BCI based robotic arm movement control is designed and implemented. The proposed system acquires data from the scalp of subjects a group of sensors. Emotiv EPOC a commercially available EEG headset is used, which analyzes the acquired EEG signals real time. The signals are processed and accordingly commands are issued for different movements which will be based on the characteristic patterns for various facial expressions, human emotions and cognitive actions. The idea is to combine the user intent with a robotic arm to achieve the user initiated motor movements.