A robot to enable disabled people to visit the museum: offered by Santa Maria della Scala in Siena

The Santa Maria della Scala Museum Complex in Siena has become the first museum to make use of BrainControl Avatar, a service dedicated to people with mobility impairments.

Created by the Siena-based company Liquidweb s.r.l., BrainControl Avatar makes it possible to visit the works on display at Santa Maria della Scala by remotely piloting a robotic avatar that can be guided autonomously throughout the exhibition halls, admire the exhibits and even interact with people.

BrainControl Avatar is integrated with an audio, video and field-of-view height adjustment system, a mouse simulator, eye pointers and Bci (Brain-computer interface) mode, which can interpret and classify brain waves generated by imagined movement.

This innovative device, aimed at people with all types of motor disabilities, including those in Locked-In State (LIS), was made possible through a collaboration between the City of Siena and Ubi Banca.

Luigi De Mossi, mayor of Siena, says, “There are 20 million quadriplegia patients in the world, more than 3 million who cannot move any muscle, not even speak. From today they will be able to connect from their homes to Santa Maria della Scala, dialoguing with their brain waves and move around the museum through the Avatar. It is a pride for us that Siena is the first city internationally to launch this project.”

According to Fabio Viti, head of UBI Banca’s Siena, Livorno, Grosseto Territorial Headquarters, “Also through interventions like this, UBI Banca continues in its desire to develop a sustainable business model, positioning itself as a valuable partner both for the protection of savings and for supporting the economy of communities.”

A robot to enable disabled people to visit the museum: offered by Santa Maria della Scala in Siena

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