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Course syllabus - Neurotechnology

Scope

7.5 credits

Course code

ELA411

Valid from

Autumn semester 2026

Education level

Second cycle

Progressive Specialisation

A1F (Second cycle, has second-cycle course/s as entry requirements)

Main area(s)

Organisation

Department of Engineering Sciences

Ratified

2020-01-24

Revised

2025-11-03

Literature lists

Course literature is preliminary up to 8 weeks before course start. Course literature can be valid over several semesters.

    • Ratified date: 2020-09-09
    • Latest update: 2025-05-27

    Articles

    Lebedev, M.A.; Nicolelis, M.A.L.

    Brain-Machine Interfaces: From Basic Science to Neuroprostheses and Neurorehabilitation

    Physiol. Rev,

    Mandatory

    Parajuli, N.; Sreenivasan, N.; Bifulco, P.; Cesarelli, M.; Savino, S.; Niola, V.; Esposito, D.; Hamilton, T.J.; Naik, G.R.; Gunawardana, U.; et al.,

    Real-Time EMG Based Pattern Recognition Control for Hand Prostheses: A Review on Existing Methods, Challenges and Future Implementation

    Sensors (Basel),

    Mandatory

    Sitaram, R.; Ros, T.; Stoeckel, L.; Haller, S.; Scharnowski, F.; Lewis-Peacock, J.; Weiskopf, N.; Blefari, M.L.; Rana, M.; Oblak, E.; et al.,

    Closed-loop brain training: the science of neurofeedback

    Nature Reviews Neuroscience 18,

    Mandatory

Objectives

The purpose of the course is to provide students with deeper knowledge, understanding, and practical insight in physiologically connected health robotics with focus on brain-robot interfaces.

Learning outcomes

After completing the course, the student shall to be able to:

  1. have insight and be able to critically review frontier research within different applicative areas of health robotics,
  2. show an understanding of critical parameters of interfaces both in terms of physiological signal and control signal to robot and also
  3. show in-depth knowledge within a chosen application of health robotics, be able to practically implement and describe its function.

Course content

Health robotics, physiological control signals, brain-robot interface, prothesis control with muscle- and/or brain-activity, feedback, rehabilitation robotics, human-robot interaction, ethical aspects

Specific requirements

Advanced signal processing 7.5 hp, Measurement technology 7.5 hp, Probability and statistical theory 7.5 hp, Complex Electronic Systems 7.5 hp and Learning systems 7.5 hp. Dessutom krävs Svenska 3 eller Svenska nivå 3 samt Engelska 6 eller Engelska nivå 2. I de fall kursen ges på engelska görs undantag från kravet på Svenska 3 eller Svenska nivå 3.

Examination

Seminars (SEM1), 3 credits, examines the learning objectives 1 and 2, marks Fail (U) or Pass (G).
Project (PRO1), 4.5 credits, examines the learning objectives 2 and 3, marks Fail (U), 3, 4 or 5.

A student who has a certificate from MDU regarding disability study support, can request adaptions for the examination. It is the examiner who takes decisions on any adaptions, based on the certificate and other conditions.

Grade

Grading scale: 5, 4, 3