International Research Journal of Engineering and Technology (IRJET) e-ISSN: 2395 -0056
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Brainwave Controlled Robotic Arm
Sukant B. Kalpande
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, Anushree R. Thakre
2
, Amar Harde
3
, Sugreev Yadav
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, Professor Harsha
Tembhekar
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1,2,3,4
Student, Dept. of Electronics and Communication Engineering, DBACER college, Maharashtra, Nagpur
5
Professor, Dept. of Electronics and Communication Engineering, DBACER College, Maharashtra, Nagpur
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Abstract - There are about 5 million disabled people. These
disable people are affected with various neuromuscular
disorders. In order to express themselves, one must provide
them with augmentative and alternative communication.
For this, Brain-computer interface system (BCI) has been
developed to address this need. The basic assumption of
project reports the design, construction and a testing replica
of the human arm which aims to be dynamically as well as
kinematically accurate. The delivered device tries to
resemble the movement of biological human hand by
reading the signals generated by brain waves. The brain
waves are sensed by sensors in the neurosky headset and
generate alpha, beta and gamma signal. Then this signal is
processed by the microcontroller and the movement is then
generated to the artificial hand via servo motors. Patient
that suffer from amputee below the elbow can benefit from
this bio-robotic arm.
Key Words: Neurosky headset, Bluetooth module
HC-05, Arduino, servo motors
1. INTRODUCTION
In India, there are five million disabled folks (in
movement/motor function). The disable folks affected
with varied incapacitated disorders like induration
disorder or amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), brain or
medulla spinal is injury, myasthenia, brain-stem stroke,
encephalopathy etc. that we tend to should offer a basic
communication so as to offer them a chance to specific
themselves.
Today with growing, new technology
improvement in gadgets is reaching the nice height. Every
technology is seeking for fewer human interference,
additional automation. What concerning everything
happen together with your thoughts? 2 main technologies
were developed over time: Brain-computer interface (BCI)
and Electrooculography (EOG) primarily based system.
The EOG primarily based system could be a technique for
mensuration the potential of the membrane by analyzing
the encompassing muscles, whereas BCI could be a non-
muscular line that permits someone to send commands or
messages to an automatic system like robots or prosthetic
device, by means that of his brain activity to specific
themselves.
With the introduction for interfacing of a
brain in 1970, brain-computer interface (BCI) has
currently knowledgeable lots of development and is
gaining a large scope everywhere the planet. The brain-
computer interface interacts with the external parameters
and thus the thorough method is in real time. Brain-
computer interface was developed to endorse disable folks
that found it troublesome to convey things to others. If
they supplied with communication methodologies that
don't involve any reasonably muscular motion they'll be
able to work by their bio-mechanical artificial arm and BCI
have a significant half during this. This has been boon to
all or any disabled folks. Also, it's increased technologies
and natural philosophy to the next level. By the assistance
of the encephalogram signals, the disabled person gets the
management of external parameters. The essential
building blocks for this interfacing are: signal extraction,
signal acquisition, and signal distribution. There are a
varied brain options which might be wont to enhance
communication and event connected bodily function
rhythm. Once the disabled person is unable to use giant
motion then these options can prove helpful to them.
There are varied classes into that the brain
signal is classed. This classification is finished supported
the frequencies they possess. These signals are alpha, beta,
and gamma, theta rays. Supported these frequencies the
signals may be distinct to completely different classes. The
neurons area unit in constant motion inside the body and
there's a tiny low quantity of ionic current that flows
through them. The characteristics that play a significant
role in process a BCI system area unit the brain signals,
options extracted through it, commands allotted to
associate output device, and also the realization of style.
Within the following chapter, we tend planning to
study brain-computer interface and changing brain signal
into the movement of the arm.