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Exploiting co-adaptation for the design of symbiotic neuroprosthetic assistants

Sanchez, Justin C.
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Mahmoudi, Babak
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DiGiovanna, Jack  
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2009
Neural networks : the official journal of the International Neural Network Society

The success of brain-machine interfaces (BMI) is enabled by the remarkable ability of the brain to incorporate the artificial neuroprosthetic 'tool' into its own cognitive space and use it as an extension of the user's body. Unlike other tools, neuroprosthetics create a shared space that seamlessly spans the user's internal goal representation of the world and the external physical environment enabling a much deeper human-tool symbiosis. A key factor in the transformation of 'simple tools' into 'intelligent tools' is the concept of co-adaptation where the tool becomes functionally involved in the extraction and definition of the user's goals. Recent advancements in the neuroscience and engineering of neuroprosthetics are providing a blueprint for how new co-adaptive designs based on reinforcement learning change the nature of a user's ability to accomplish tasks that were not possible using conventional methodologies. By designing adaptive controls and artificial intelligence into the neural interface, tools can become active assistants in goal-directed behavior and further enhance human performance in particular for the disabled population. This paper presents recent advances in computational and neural systems supporting the development of symbiotic neuroprosthetic assistants.

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research article
DOI
10.1016/j.neunet.2009.03.015
Author(s)
Sanchez, Justin C.
Mahmoudi, Babak
DiGiovanna, Jack  
Principe, Jose C.
Date Issued

2009

Published in
Neural networks : the official journal of the International Neural Network Society
Volume

22

Issue

3

Start page

305

End page

15

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User-Computer Interface

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NON-REVIEWED

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April 18, 2012
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