Mindwave Based Robot Control and Home Automation

Brain Computer Interface (BCI) systems are the tools which are proposed to help the damaged people whom are impotent of making a motor response to interface with computer using brain signals. The aim of BCI is to translate brain activity into digital form which performs as a command for computer. The BCI application can be used in different areas such as education, industrial, gaming, robotics, home automation and medical areas. In our project EEG based brain controlled robot and home automation using Zigbee has been developed using BCI with the help of NeuroSky technology. The fetched brain signals are transmitted to microcontroller via Zigbee module. Robotic module designed consists of Renesas microcontroller coupled with dc motor to perform the control. The attenuation level was used to monitor the direction of robotic and meditation level was used to monitor the home appliances. The wireless BCI system could allow the paralysed people to control the robotic and home appliances without any difficulty, provided it is portable and wearable.