CNP Team of Prof Millán competing in Cybathlon 2016
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A team of 5 researchers from Prof José Millán's lab and 2 paraplegic pilots will compete at the first CYBATHLON, the Championship for Athletes with Disabilities.
A team of researchers will be representing the Chair in Brain-Machine Interface (CNBI) laboratory at the Cybathlon event on Saturday, 8 October 2016, in the SWISS Arena in Kloten. The CNBI laboratory is led by Prof. José del R. Millán and it is part of the Center for Neuroprosthetics (CNP) of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL), Lausanne.
The focus of our research is on the direct use of human brain signals to control devices and interact with our environment. We are involved in a large set of complementary projects, which balance the development of prototypes —where robust real-time operation is critical— and the exploration of new principles for brain-machine interfacing (BMI). The promise of BMI is to augment human capabilities by providing a new interactive link with the outside world, and is particularly relevant as an aid for paralyzed people.
The Cybathlon BMI race is an ideal venue to disseminate the progress of our research, achieve greater public awareness for our technology and, most importantly, to demonstrate its practical applicability and translational impact. Cybathlon provides an excellent opportunity for our team to rapidly advance and test our research outcomes in real-world conditions, exchange expertise and foster collaborations with other groups, as well as to push BMI technology out of the lab to provide practical daily service for end-users at their homes.
Team Members
Researchers; José del R. Millán, Serafeim Perdikis, Sareh Saaedi, Christophe Schneider, Luca Tonin.
Pilots; Eric Anselmo, Numa Poujouly.