Development of support system for multi-rotor helicopter operations using electroencephalograph

In this paper, we introduce a new support system using brainwaves data of an operator from an electroencephalograph in the operation of a multi-rotor helicopter. Multi-rotor helicopters are used in aerial photography such as disaster information gathering, group photograph, and structural deterioration investigation. However, skillful techniques are required for operations of the multi-rotor helicopter. Especially, when the operator manually controls the multi-rotor helicopter, there is a risk of fall and contact accident because of human errors. Actually, fatal accidents are caused by the crashed air craft by operating error. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to detect an abnormal condition of operators by using the EEG, and prevent human errors by alerting. In an experiment, we used the original multi-rotor helicopter and indicated the effect of this support system.