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ArticleNature communications2025

EEG-based brain-computer interface enables real-time robotic hand control at individual finger level.

Yidan Ding, Chalisa Udompanyawit, Yisha Zhang, Bin He

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Article in Nature communications, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers.

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21 citing papers in PubMed.

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  8. Full-Stack Architectures for Intelligent Brain-Computer Interfaces.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026
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  15. Open access individual finger movement dataset with fNIRS.Frontiers in human neuroscience · 2026
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Yidan DingDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0003-9363-7755
Chalisa UdompanyawitDepartment of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
Yisha ZhangDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
Bin HeDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, USA. bhe1@andrew.cmu.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2944-8602

Funding

Electrophysiological Source Imaging of Partial EpilepsyR01NS096761 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA · PI HE, BIN · 2016 to 2025
$3.6M
Electrophysiology-Compatible Wearable Transcranial Focused Ultrasound Neuromodulation Array ProbesRF1NS131069 · NINDS · CARNEGIE-MELLON UNIVERSITY · PI HE, BIN · 2023 to 2023
$3.6M
Imaging Epilepsy Sources with Biophysically Constrained Deep Neural NetworksR01NS127849 · NINDS · CARNEGIE-MELLON UNIVERSITY · PI BIN HE · 2023 to 2026
$2.4M
Characterization of in vivo neuronal and inter-neuronal responses to transcranial focused ultrasoundR01NS124564 · NINDS · CARNEGIE-MELLON UNIVERSITY · PI HE, BIN · 2021 to 2021
$2.0M
NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS096761NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS124564NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS127849NINDS NIH HHS RF1 NS131069U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) NS124564, NS131069, NS127849, NS096761
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Brain-computer interfaces (BCIs) connect human thoughts to external devices, offering the potential to enhance life quality for individuals with motor impairments and general population. Noninvasive BCIs are accessible to a wide audience but currently face challenges, including unintuitive mappings and imprecise control. In this study, we present a real-time noninvasive robotic control system using movement execution (ME) and motor imagery (MI) of individual finger movements to drive robotic finger motions. The proposed system advances state-of-the-art electroencephalography (EEG)-BCI technology by decoding brain signals for intended finger movements into corresponding robotic motions. In a study involving 21 able-bodied experienced BCI users, we achieved real-time decoding accuracies of 80.56% for two-finger MI tasks and 60.61% for three-finger tasks. Brain signal decoding was facilitated using a deep neural network, with fine-tuning enhancing BCI performance. Our findings demonstrate the feasibility of naturalistic noninvasive robotic hand control at the individuated finger level.

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Brain-Computer InterfacesElectroencephalographyFingersHandRoboticsAdultBrainFemaleHumansImaginationMaleMovementNeural Networks, ComputerYoung Adult

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PMID40588517
PMCPMC12209421

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