Biological interaction between man and machine

The purpose of this study is to develop a human-friendly communication tool between a man and a machine. In most of conventional communication tools, humans have control of the machine; however, we believe that the future machine should be able to sense the operator´s behavior or intention in order to function. Therefore, focusing on the operator´s “biological signals”, we attempt to apply the signals to a tool to control a machine thus reducing the required action from the operator. In this paper, we demonstrate on how to control a mobile stage with one of the biological signals, the electro-oculogram (EOG), which is generated corresponding to the eye movements. In addition, we discuss the feasibility of eye-movement-related EEG (electro-encephalogram) application on the basis of the present result in our EEC study