SGER: Personal Augmentation Devices (PADs): Exploratory Agents To Enable Tele-Interaction, Evaluation, and Development of Abilities in Persons with Severe Disabilities

该奖项以SGER模式资助个人设备的初步探索和原型设计，由生理信号控制，以增强人类功能。 其目的是为有严重运动障碍的儿童提供一种可以在他们的控制下导航和操纵外部环境的设备。 这种设备的影响将是提供一个探索性的代理，使儿童能够进行远程互动，从而释放他/她的认知能力，促进好奇心和探索的权利感，并允许个人发展继续下去。 三个主要假设将被解决：（1）一个远程的“个人机器人设备”的控制下，一个严重残疾的儿童可以促进认知和运动的发展;（2）界面可以优化使用微妙的生理信号来控制设备和多感官反馈;以及（3）与用户密切相关的设备的动作可以用作评估能力尚未阐明的儿童的新技术。

This award, in the SGER mode, funds an initial exploration and prototyping of personal devices, controlled by physiological signals, for the purpose of augmenting human function. The objective is to provide children who have severe motor disabilities, a device that can navigate and manipulate the external environment under their control. The impact of such a device will be to provide an exploratory agent that would allow the child to tele-interact, thereby unlocking his/her cognitive abilities, promoting curiosity and a sense of entitlement to explore, and allowing personal development to continue. Three primary hypotheses will be addressed: (1) a remote "personal robotic device" under the control of a child with a severe disability can promote cognitive and motor development; (2) the interface can be optimized by using subtle physiological signals to control the device and multisensory feedback; and (3) the actions of the device, which is intimately connected to the user, can be used as a new technique to evaluate children whose capabilities have not yet been elucidated.