This mind-controlled drawing robot measures the user’s conscious focus level via electroencephalography (EEG). When focus is maintained, the robotic pen moves in natural patterns. When concentration is broken, the pen moves chaotically. Once the user engages in a constructive mindset, the natural pattern resumes. The result is a living imprint, or mapping, of the user’s mental activity.

Brain Child – Robotic Mind Mapper was created by Santhi Elayaperumal & Greg Kress with help from Yulia Pinkusevich. It was debuted at Party on the Edge at the Stanford Cantor Arts Center, October 6th, 2011.

Brain Child was featured in the Stanford Daily and at TED Arts at Stanford.

Read more about the project at the Stanford Arts Grant Blog: Explorations in MindMapping, Purple Robot Blood, Brain Child.

Brain Child uses NeuroSky wireless EEG technology and was built on the Arduino platform.