Cognetics: Robotic Interfaces for the Conscious Mind

Giulio Rognini; Olaf Blanke

doi:10.1016/j.tics.2015.12.002

Cognetics: Robotic Interfaces for the Conscious Mind

Trends Cogn Sci. 2016 Mar;20(3):162-164. doi: 10.1016/j.tics.2015.12.002. Epub 2015 Dec 30.

Authors

Giulio Rognini¹, Olaf Blanke²

Affiliations

¹ Center for Neuroprosthetics, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL), Geneva, Switzerland; Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience, Brain Mind Institute, Faculty of Life Sciences, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL), Geneva, Switzerland; Laboratory of Robotic Systems, School of Engineering, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland. Electronic address: giulio.rognini@epfl.ch.
² Center for Neuroprosthetics, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL), Geneva, Switzerland; Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience, Brain Mind Institute, Faculty of Life Sciences, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL), Geneva, Switzerland; Department of Neurology, University Hospital of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland. Electronic address: olaf.blanke@epfl.ch.

PMID: 26750512
DOI: 10.1016/j.tics.2015.12.002

Abstract

Cognetics joins the cognitive neuroscience of bodily awareness with robotics to study, control, and enhance perception, cognition, and consciousness. We highlight robot-controlled bodily perception, conscious states, and social interactions and sketch how future cognetic interfaces will impact cognitive neuroscience and human enhancement.

Keywords: human–machine interface; multisensory; sensorimotor; social; wearables.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Cognition / physiology*
Consciousness / physiology*
Humans
Interpersonal Relations*
Perception
Robotics*