Brain-computer interface with EEG: how to name imaginary movement of a non-self object? I am working on Brain-Computer interfaces. In my project we try to control the movement of a robot in three directions, namely forward, right and left.

We have done an EEG experiment where we have asked subjects to imagine the movement of this robot to the wanted direction. For example, if the subject wanted to move the robot forward, he needed to imagine the robot was moving forward.

Is this type a motor imagery experiment? If not, what would the scientific word be that describes this type of experiment?
As far as I know, brain-computer interfaces based on EEG use motor-cortex responses by asking the subject to imagine body movements. E.g., a left-arm movement imagination would translate to moving the robot to the left etc. In other words, imagining the robot going left will probably result in a diffuse, poor-defined brain response, while imagined motor movements are more useful. See a slide presentation here on this topic.