A review of the commercial brain-computer interface technology from perspective of industrial robotics

Research on brain-computer interface (BCI) began in the 1970s. Great efforts in neuroscience, robotics and computer sciences have spent by many research groups to develop BCI technologies and its applications. Recently, the commercial brain-computer interface devices are emerging in gaming industry. These devices translate the electrical biosignals of a brain directly into computer commands and take advantage of total immersion into game play. This article summarizes the recent progress of brain-computer interface technologies from industrial robotics perspective and presents the evaluation of the new BCI commercial products. Then it discusses the potential applications of non-invasive commercial brain-computer interfaces to industrial robot system.