Algorithm Contest of Calibration-free Motor Imagery BCI in the BCI Controlled Robot Contest in World Robot Contest 2021: A survey

Jing Luo; Qi Mao; Yaojie Wang; Zhenghao Shi; Xinhong Hei

doi:10.26599/BSA.2022.9050011

Brain Science Advances 2022, 8(2): 127-141 https://doi.org/10.26599/BSA.2022.9050011

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Algorithm Contest of Calibration-free Motor Imagery BCI in the BCI Controlled Robot Contest in World Robot Contest 2021: A survey

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), Qi Mao, Yaojie Wang, Zhenghao Shi, Xinhong Hei

Shaanxi Key Laboratory for Network Computing and Security Technology, School of Computer Science and Engineering, Xi’an University of Technology, Xi’an 710054, Shaanxi, China

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brain-computer interface, convolutional neural network, motor imagery, World Robot Contest

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Luo J, Mao Q, Wang Y, et al. Algorithm Contest of Calibration-free Motor Imagery BCI in the BCI Controlled Robot Contest in World Robot Contest 2021: A survey. Brain Science Advances, 2022, 8(2): 127-141. https://doi.org/10.26599/BSA.2022.9050011

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From September 10 to 13, 2021, the finals of the BCI Controlled Robot Contest in World Robot Contest 2021 were held in Beijing, China. Eleven teams participated in the Algorithm Contest of Calibration-free Motor Imagery BCI. The participants employed both traditional electroencephalograph (EEG) analysis methods and deep learning-based methods in the contest. In this paper, we reviewed the algorithms utilized by the participants, extracted the trends and highlighted interesting approaches from these methods to inform future contests and research recommendations.

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First, we analyzed the algorithms in separate steps, including EEG channel and signal segment setup, prepossessing technology, and classification model. Then, we emphasized the highlights of each algorithm. Finally, we compared the competition algorithm with the SOTA algorithm.

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The algorithm employed in the finals performed better than that of the SOTA algorithm. During the final stage of the contest, four of the top five teams used convolutional neural network models, suggesting that with the rapid development of deep learning, convolutional neural network-based models have been the most popular methods in the field of motor imagery BCI.

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Algorithm Contest of Calibration-free Motor Imagery BCI in the BCI Controlled Robot Contest in World Robot Contest 2021: A survey

Show Author's information Hide Author's Information Jing Luo(

), Qi Mao, Yaojie Wang, Zhenghao Shi, Xinhong Hei

Shaanxi Key Laboratory for Network Computing and Security Technology, School of Computer Science and Engineering, Xi’an University of Technology, Xi’an 710054, Shaanxi, China

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Keywords: brain-computer interface, convolutional neural network, motor imagery, World Robot Contest

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Received: 17 January 2022

Revised: 23 March 2022

Accepted: 11 April 2022

Published: 29 June 2022

Issue date: June 2022

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This work is supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 61906152 and 62076198), and Key Research and Development Program of Shaanxi (Program Nos. 2021GY-080 and 2020GXLH-Y005)

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