This final year project is basically about a robot controlled by a headband sensor called Neurosky Mind Wave. The robot is connected to the Arduino by Bluetooth.

1. DE6101 Engineering Project
Mind Control Device
NEW ZEALAND DIPLOMA IN ENGINEERING - Electrical
Gaurav Khanna
Project Supervisor: Shohin Aheleroff
PMP, PRINCE2, ITIL, PSM, CoBIT

2. Agenda
• Helping people with high Disability
• Ratio of Disable People
• How can we help
• To Manage their day to day Life
• Make them self dependent
• Change their lifestyle
• Introduction
• WBS
• Hardware and Software
• Risk Analysis
• Working Model
• Schematic Diagram And Block Diagram
• Future Scope

3. Ratio of Disables
Non - Disable
Population
85%
Disable Population
15%
World Population
Non - Disable
Population
Disable
Population

4. Introduction
Mind Controlled Device
• Connecting machines/devices by Mindwave sensor
• Control it by your minds attention/focus
• Reads commands from Mind wave sensor
• Moves Forward, Backward and turn left, Right
• Can Stay in desired area

5. Work Breakdown Structure
Mind Controlled Device
C Programming
Design
Coding
Debugging
Controlled Device
Design
Research Online
Prepare List of
Components
Buying
Components
Comparing Prices
Verifying
Specifications
Check Quality and
Relaibility
Assembling
Assembling the
Controlled Device
Programming of
Microcontroller
Testing
Testing
Components
Comunication
Testing
Testing
integration
Mindwave Sensor
Checking
Compatibility
Measure and
compare signals
generated by
brain in diffrent
situations
Sensetivity of
sensor in
detecting waves
Tools
Microsoft Office
Arduino IDE
Lucid Scribe
MindWave
Visualliser
mBlock
Documentation
Project Proposal
Prelimanary
Design
Technical Report
Project Report
Final Project
Presentaion and
Demonstration

6. Hardware Components I
No Product Description Model Quantity Unit Price
(NZD)
Amount
(NZD)
1. Neurosky
Mind Wave
Mobile Brain Wave
Starter Kit
1 $150 $150
2. Arduino Genuino/Uno 1 $35 $30
3. Bluetooth Module HC – 05 1 $2.50 $2.50
4. Line Detector Sensor 1 $3.50 $3.50
5. Servo Motors Continuous
Rotation Servo
2 $20 $40
6. RGB LEDs 3 - 5mm 1 $1 $1
7. Piezo Speaker 5 - 9 v 1 $2 $2
8. Potentiometer With 10K Ohm 1 $1.80 $1.80
9. Caster Wheel With ball bearings 1 $6 $6

7. 10. Chassis Make it from
Base material
1 $10 $10
11. Rechargeable
Battery
9V 1 $12 $12
12. L-brackets 3 mm holes and
1 cm between
the holes
2 $3 $6
13. Jumper Wires PSGJMP 2.50mm 20 $0.20 $4
14. Wheels Any size 2 $5 $10
15. Arduino IDE IDE 1.8.1
(PC App)
1 $0 (Free) $0 (Free)
16. Neurosky
Brainwave
Visualizer
PC App 1 $0 (Free) $0 (Free)
17. Mind Wave Mobile
Tutorial
Mobile App 1 $0 (Free) $0 (Free)
18. Lucid Scribe PC App 1 $0 (Free) $0 (Free)
Hardware Components II

8. Neurosky Mind Wave

9. Brainwave
Type
Frequency
Range
Mental states and conditions
Delta 0.1Hz to 3Hz
Deep, dreamless sleep, non-REM sleep,
unconscious
Theta 4Hz to 7Hz
Intuitive, creative, recall, fantasy,
imaginary, dream
Alpha 8Hz to 12Hz
Relaxed (but not drowsy) tranquil,
conscious
Low Beta 12Hz to 15Hz
Formerly SMR, relaxed yet focused,
integrated
Midrange Beta 16Hz to 20Hz Thinking, aware of self & surroundings
High Beta 21Hz to 30Hz Alertness, agitation
Neurosky Mind Wave

10. Neurosky Mind Wave

11. Mind Controlled Robot
• Easily available
• Easy to assemble
• Have all Features
• mCore Microcontroller
• Communication
problem

12. Mind Controlled Robot
• Components easily
available
• Chassis hand made
• Motor mounts hand
made
• Communicates through
Bluetooth

13. Schematic Diagram

14. Block Diagram
Battery
Left Servo
Potentiometer
Line
Detector Speaker
Right Servo
MindwaveBluetoothRBG LED
Arduino
UNO

15. Challenges in Project
• Late delivery of Neurosky Mind Wave
• Coding
• Communication Problem with Neurosky
• No effort from project partner

16. Future Scope

17. Project Documentations
No Document Provided by Status
1 Project Proposal Gaurav Khanna Submitted
2 Project Preliminary Design Gaurav Khanna
Submitted
3 Project Report Gaurav Khanna Submitted
4 Project Technical Manual Gaurav Khanna Submitted
5 Project Presentation Gaurav Khanna Submitted

18. What have I learned
• How to manage an end to end project
• Communication Management
• Arduino IDE, Trace and Compile codes
• Procurement
• Building a Working Model
• Programming – C language
• How to make a Technical Report
• How to Present

19. Q&A
Gaurav Khanna
Mar 2017