Mechanism (biology)

Bubble

Controllability

Robot

Engineering

Philosophy

Neuroscience

Control engineering

Embedded system

Applied mathematics

Gibbs isotherm

Operating system

Psychiatry

Computer science

Chemical engineering

Robot control

Maximum bubble pressure method

Brain–computer interface

Simulation

Psychology

Teleoperation

Mathematics

Interface (matter)

Wearable computer

Epistemology

Mobile robot

Artificial intelligence

Pulmonary surfactant

Electroencephalography

Human–computer interaction

Automation in Construction

Recently, the use of collaborative robots has started to emerge at construction sites. Such incorporation into these human-dominated environments can raise safety concerns as most robots are not fully automated and require some sort of control mechanism. Conventional control systems may fall short under specific situations in which workers require robotic assistance but cannot use their hands to control the robot. Brain-computer interface (BCI) can offer such hands-free controllability, a non-muscular communicative channel that can establish an interpretive pathway between humans and robots. This paper proposes a BCI-based system to remotely control a robot by continuously capturing workers' brainwaves acquired from a wearable electroencephalogram (EEG) device and interpreting them into robotic commands with 90% accuracy. The findings revealed the proposed system holds promise for enhancing robot control in hazardous operations where the ability of the worker to physically direct the robot is limited, such as underwater and space construction.

Brain-computer interface for hands-free teleoperation of construction robots