# Research Compass

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## Research Compass

Status: `wiki navigation source`

This docs site is the working research wiki for `SAH-BRI`: Scene-Aware Hybrid Brain-Robot Interface.

Its purpose is not to present a finished paper. It helps the project move from local papers to defensible research choices, experiment plans, manuscript claims, and possible product directions.

## How To Use The Site

Start from a question, not from a file path.

| If You Need To Know                  | Read First                                           | Then Check                                                                                                                |
| ------------------------------------ | ---------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| What the project is trying to prove  | [Research Goal](/start-here/research-goal)           | [Research Map](/research-map); [Open Questions](/research-map/open-questions)                                             |
| Why the system is called SAH-BRI     | [SAH-BRI](/framework/sah-bri)                        | [SAH-BRI-Grasp](/framework/sah-bri-grasp); [System Pipeline](/framework/system-pipeline)                                  |
| Whether a claim is safe to write     | [Claim Map](/research-map/claim-map)                 | [Evidence Index](/evidence/evidence-index); [Evidence Matrix](/evidence/evidence-matrix); [Paper Library](/paper-library) |
| Which papers support a design choice | [Synthesis Mainlines](/evidence/synthesis-mainlines) | [Literature Map](/literature); [Paper Library](/paper-library)                                                            |
| What still blocks the paper          | [Open Questions](/research-map/open-questions)       | [Gap Audit](/evidence/gap-audit); [Paper Skeleton Next Steps](/paper/skeleton-next-steps)                                 |
| How experiments connect to claims    | [Experiment Roadmap](/experiments/roadmap)           | [Exp1-Exp4](/experiments/roadmap); [Analysis Plan](/experiments)                                                          |
| Where product ideas fit              | [Product Directions](/product)                       | [Open Questions](/research-map/open-questions); [Paper Kit](/paper/manuscript)                                            |

## Core Research Thread

The current project explores one research transition:

```text
from non-invasive EEG as low-level robot control
to non-invasive EEG as high-level intention in a scene-aware robot system
```

The working system instance is `SAH-BRI-Grasp`, which applies this framework to robotic grasping:

```text
scene perception
  -> selectable object candidates
  -> SSVEP target selection
  -> MI intervention or mode control
  -> shared autonomy
  -> robot grasp planning and execution
```

## Current Evidence Boundary

The local corpus contains 73 user-downloaded PDFs, 73 extracted text artifacts, and 73 structured paper cards.

The literature supports component-level rationale, including BCI limits, SSVEP target selection, MI mode-control context, object detection, grasping/calibration, hybrid BRI, and shared autonomy.

The integrated `SAH-BRI-Grasp` performance is still `needs confirmation` because local Exp1-Exp4 data do not exist yet.

## Site Roles

| Site Area          | Role                                             |
| ------------------ | ------------------------------------------------ |
| Start Here         | Project orientation and reading paths.           |
| Research Map       | Questions, claims, decisions, and open gaps.     |
| Evidence           | Claim-status gates and synthesis.                |
| Paper Library      | Structured local notes for the 73-paper corpus.  |
| Literature         | Narrative technical tracks.                      |
| Framework          | SAH-BRI and SAH-BRI-Grasp system design.         |
| Experiments        | Pre-data protocols and analysis plans.           |
| Paper Kit          | Manuscript skeleton and blocked result sections. |
| Product Directions | Possible outputs beyond the first paper.         |

## Working Rule

Promote an idea only through this path:

```text
paper card or project source
  -> evidence matrix or synthesis
  -> claim map
  -> experiment or manuscript section
```

Claims should remain labeled as `verified`, `inferred`, or `needs confirmation`.

## Next Step

Continue to the [Research Goal](/start-here/research-goal) to identify the core question and non-goals.