Assessment of a wearable forceand electromyography device and comparison of the related signals for myocontrol
Connan M, Ramirez ER, Vodermayer B, Castellini C (2016)
Publication Type: Journal article
Publication year: 2016
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Book Volume: 10
Article Number: 17
Journal Issue: NOV
Abstract
In the frame of assistive robotics, multi-finger prosthetic hand/wrists have recently appeared, offering an increasing level of dexterity; however, in practice their control is limited to a few hand grips and still unreliable, with the effect that pattern recognition has not yet appeared in the clinical environment. According to the scientific community, one of the keys to improve the situation is multi-modal sensing, i.e., using diverse sensor modalities to interpret the subject's intent and improve the reliability and safety of the control system in daily life activities. In this work, we first describe and test a novel wireless, wearable forceand electromyography device; through an experiment conducted on ten intact subjects, we then compare the obtained signals both qualitatively and quantitatively, highlighting their advantages and disadvantages. Our results indicate that force-myography yields signals which are more stable across time during whenever a pattern is held, than those obtained by electromyography. We speculate that fusion of the two modalities might be advantageous to improve the reliability of myocontrol in the near future.
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APA:
Connan, M., Ramirez, E.R., Vodermayer, B., & Castellini, C. (2016). Assessment of a wearable forceand electromyography device and comparison of the related signals for myocontrol. Frontiers in Neurorobotics, 10(NOV). https://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnbot.2016.00017
MLA:
Connan, Mathilde, et al. "Assessment of a wearable forceand electromyography device and comparison of the related signals for myocontrol." Frontiers in Neurorobotics 10.NOV (2016).
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