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Fauteuil roulant

Publications associées (6)

The wheelchair as a full-body tool extending the peripersonal space

Olaf Blanke, Andrea Serino, Elisa Canzoneri

Dedicated multisensory mechanisms in the brain represent peripersonal space (PPS), a limited portion of space immediately surrounding the body. Previous studies have illustrated the malleability of PPS representation through hand-object interaction, showin ...

Frontiers Media2015

Multidisciplinary design of suitable assistive technologies for motor disabilities in Colombia

Ricardo Andres Chavarriaga Lozano

raumatic or pathological brain lesions often result in motor disabilities that have strong personal and social effects. Assistive technologies can support this population, potentially improving their autonomy and promoting their participation in society. H ...

2014

La formation des ingénieurs civils à l'EPFL: une croissance prometteuse

André-Gilles Dumont

La formation des ingénieurs civils à l'EPFL suit un cursus complet avec le Bachelor, le Master et la possibilité de poursuivre par la thèse de doctorat. Le nombre d'étudiants abordant les études à Lausanne est en forte augmentation et dans les années à ven ...

2013

Brain-Actuated Assistive Mobility For Disabled End-User

José del Rocio Millán Ruiz, Robert Leeb, Luca Tonin, Tom Edward Carlson

Brain-Computer Interfaces (BCIs) have been successfully used to control assistive mobility devices (like a telepresence robot or an electric wheelchair) using only motor imagery. Importantly, disabled end-users are able to achieve similar performances as h ...

De Gruyter2013

Driving a BCI Wheelchair: A Patient Case Study

José del Rocio Millán Ruiz, Robert Leeb, Tom Edward Carlson

Our brain-actuated wheelchair uses shared control to couple the user input with the contextual information about the surroundings in order to perform natural manoeuvres both safely and efficiently. In this study, we investigate the feasibility of using our ...

2012

The Birth of the Brain–Controlled Wheelchair

José del Rocio Millán Ruiz, Ricardo Andres Chavarriaga Lozano, Robert Leeb, Tom Edward Carlson

The prospect of controlling devices merely by the power of one’s thoughts is compelling, especially for assistive technology applications. In the accompanying video, we show how we have strived to push brain–computer interface (BCI) technology out of the l ...

2012