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BioMed Research International
Volume 2017, Article ID 8316485, 8 pages
https://doi.org/10.1155/2017/8316485
Research Article

Noninvasive Electroencephalogram Based Control of a Robotic Arm for Writing Task Using Hybrid BCI System

Qiang Gao,1 Lixiang Dou,1 Abdelkader Nasreddine Belkacem,2 and Chao Chen1

1Key Laboratory of Complex System Control Theory and Application, Tianjin University of Technology, Tianjin 300384, China
2Endowed Research Department of Clinical Neuroengineering, Global Center for Medical Engineering and Informatics, Osaka University, Osaka 565-0871, Japan

Correspondence should be addressed to Chao Chen; moc.liamtoh@bvoccc

Received 31 March 2017; Accepted 10 May 2017; Published 1 June 2017

Academic Editor: Victor H. C. de Albuquerque

Copyright © 2017 Qiang Gao et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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