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How would I do this?
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moonvixen930
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- Project Question: How would i go about creating a doll that could be controlled using an EEG headset?
- Project Due Date: June 20, 2012
- Project Status: I am conducting my research
How would I do this?
How would I go about creating a doll that could be controlled using an EEG headset?
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Re: How would I do this?
Welcome to the forum. I moved your post to the Math and Computer Science forum because processing the signals and controlling the doll is a computer-science problem. Have you read about robotics in general? If it turns out that interpreting EEG signals is not a well-solved problem, you might also want some input from the experts who read the Life Sciences forum.
Amanda
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moonvixen930
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Re: How would I do this?
I have just begun research and robotics are one of the subtopics I am exploring and I will check out the life sciences forum as well.agm wrote:Welcome to the forum. I moved your post to the Math and Computer Science forum because processing the signals and controlling the doll is a computer-science problem. Have you read about robotics in general? If it turns out that interpreting EEG signals is not a well-solved problem, you might also want some input from the experts who read the Life Sciences forum.
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Re: How would I do this?
You have two projects and either one would be a good stand-alone project. Do not get in over your head.
Project One:
Building and controlling a robotic doll is a major task. Build the doll and then create an interface with defined signals, their levels, interactions, imlementing the control signals, making it work as a controllable object. Do these and you have a winner.
Project Two:
Building an EEG that shows the various voltages is easy. The hard part extract the information you need from the background signals resulting from all the other brain activity. Isolating a single signal is a monumental effort in signal analysis. Do that alone and you will have a winner. If you can put a headband on someone and then have them turn a light on ond off by just thinking about it you will be in the top ten of all researchers world-wide. Forget the doll.
Project One:
Building and controlling a robotic doll is a major task. Build the doll and then create an interface with defined signals, their levels, interactions, imlementing the control signals, making it work as a controllable object. Do these and you have a winner.
Project Two:
Building an EEG that shows the various voltages is easy. The hard part extract the information you need from the background signals resulting from all the other brain activity. Isolating a single signal is a monumental effort in signal analysis. Do that alone and you will have a winner. If you can put a headband on someone and then have them turn a light on ond off by just thinking about it you will be in the top ten of all researchers world-wide. Forget the doll.
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moonvixen930
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- Joined: Sat Dec 25, 2010 11:35 am
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- Project Question: How would i go about creating a doll that could be controlled using an EEG headset?
- Project Due Date: June 20, 2012
- Project Status: I am conducting my research
Re: How would I do this?
Thank you very much for these project ideas!robertreavis wrote:You have two projects and either one would be a good stand-alone project. Do not get in over your head.
Project One:
Building and controlling a robotic doll is a major task. Build the doll and then create an interface with defined signals, their levels, interactions, imlementing the control signals, making it work as a controllable object. Do these and you have a winner.
Project Two:
Building an EEG that shows the various voltages is easy. The hard part extract the information you need from the background signals resulting from all the other brain activity. Isolating a single signal is a monumental effort in signal analysis. Do that alone and you will have a winner. If you can put a headband on someone and then have them turn a light on ond off by just thinking about it you will be in the top ten of all researchers world-wide. Forget the doll.
I guess I was thinking a bit too big for a highschooler. I'll probably go with building a small robot that can walk and do something simple like picking up an object or something. I'll have to think deeper into that though.