DRIVE: Brain-driven Remote Collaborative Physical Work

DRIVE proposes a new concept for remote collaborative physical work by enabling bidirectional physical interaction through robotic avatars controlled by brain-driven networks and multi-sensor data.

The project aims to achieve full remote physical embodiment by ensuring timely haptic and visual feedback between human operators. Due to network and processing delays, fine-grained remote physical interaction is currently infeasible, even over short distances.

To address this, DRIVE will develop brain-machine interfaces that exploit brain signals related to future movement and cognitive state. These signals will be used to build predictive models that anticipate user actions and compensate for latency through adaptive control and networking algorithms. The project aims to enable new forms of remote physical collaboration, mediated by machines and accessible regardless of age, gender or physical condition.

Funding

This project is funded through the Research council of Norway's funding scheme “Researcher projects for ICT Renewal and Development” (forskningsradet.no).

Partners

• SimulaMet (Norway), coordinator
• UiO (Norway)
• University of Texas (USA)