Resumen en español

A brain computer interface BCI is a device that helps people with severs motor disabilities. It allows an external communication through the electrical activity of the brain without the assistance of the peripheral nerves or muscle activity. This project used a BCI system, based on P300 paradigm which was developed at Universidad Nacional de Entre Ríos. The system includes an EEG signal acquisition system that use external electrodes, a Grass amplifier, the BCI2000 software, and the Marilou robotic simulation tool. Additionally, the system allows the evaluation of the BCI application to control the movement of an intelligent and self-propelled wheelchair. The presentation of icons, which codified the instructions to command the wheelchair movements, was developed, in order to generate the stimulus for P300 generation. Two matrix with different size and distribution (4x5 and 4x3, row x column) were tested. We analyzed the percentage of classification obtained after the application of the regression method SWLDA, and we found that the major classification percentage was achieved with the 4x3 matrix. This study reveals that this process could be faster and more confortable for the user. And finally the subject decisions will have more correlation between the results of the system and his real desire.