AIMC Topic: Artificial Limbs

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Shoulder kinematics plus contextual target information enable control of multiple distal joints of a simulated prosthetic arm and hand.

Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation Jan 6, 2021
BACKGROUND: Prosthetic restoration of reach and grasp function after a trans-humeral amputation requires control of multiple distal degrees of freedom in elbow, wrist and fingers. However, such a high level of amputation reduces the amount of availab...
Adult Biomechanical Phenomena Male Humans Neural Networks, Computer Artificial Limbs Arm Shoulder Movement Middle Aged Hand Strength Hand
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Restoration of sensory information via bionic hands.

Nature biomedical engineering Nov 23, 2020
Individuals who have lost the use of their hands because of amputation or spinal cord injury can use prosthetic hands to restore their independence. A dexterous prosthesis requires the acquisition of control signals that drive the movements of the ro...
Hand Artificial Limbs Prosthesis Design Humans Robotics Bionics
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Bicycling Phase Recognition for Lower Limb Amputees Using Support Vector Machine Optimized by Particle Swarm Optimization.

Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) Nov 15, 2020
A novel method for recognizing the phases in bicycling of lower limb amputees using support vector machine (SVM) optimized by particle swarm optimization (PSO) is proposed in this paper. The method is essential for enhanced prosthetic knee joint cont...
Wireless Technology Knee Joint Amputees Wearable Electronic Devices Humans Artificial Limbs Accelerometry Support Vector Machine Algorithms Lower Extremity Ankle Joint Bicycling
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Replicating dynamic humerus motion using an industrial robot.

PloS one Nov 9, 2020
Transhumeral percutaneous osseointegrated prostheses provide upper-extremity amputees with increased range of motion, more natural movement patterns, and enhanced proprioception. However, direct skeletal attachment of the endoprosthesis elevates the ...
Kinetics Humerus Prosthesis Design Humans Bone-Implant Interface Activities of Daily Living Amputees Biomechanical Phenomena Osseointegration Range of Motion, Articular Artificial Limbs Robotics
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Myoelectric digit action decoding with multi-output, multi-class classification: an offline analysis.

Scientific reports Oct 9, 2020
The ultimate goal of machine learning-based myoelectric control is simultaneous and independent control of multiple degrees of freedom (DOFs), including wrist and digit artificial joints. For prosthetic finger control, regression-based methods are ty...
Movement Upper Extremity Wrist Joint Feasibility Studies Rotation Fingers Thumb Algorithms Female Male Humans Electromyography Machine Learning Amputees Artificial Limbs
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Exploring augmented grasping capabilities in a multi-synergistic soft bionic hand.

Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation Aug 25, 2020
BACKGROUND: State-of-the-art bionic hands incorporate hi-tech devices which try to overcome limitations of conventional single grip systems. Unfortunately, their complexity often limits mechanical robustness and intuitive prosthesis control. Recently...
Humans Amputees Robotics Adult Software Artificial Limbs Hand Electromyography Prosthesis Design Male Hand Strength Healthy Volunteers Female Young Adult
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Transduction Mechanisms, Micro-Structuring Techniques, and Applications of Electronic Skin Pressure Sensors: A Review of Recent Advances.

Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) Aug 7, 2020
Electronic skin (e-skin), which is an electronic surrogate of human skin, aims to recreate the multifunctionality of skin by using sensing units to detect multiple stimuli, while keeping key features of skin such as low thickness, stretchability, fle...
Pressure Robotics Artificial Limbs Electronics Humans Wearable Electronic Devices
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3D Printed Robot Hand Structure Using Four-Bar Linkage Mechanism for Prosthetic Application.

Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) Jul 27, 2020
Trans-radial prosthesis is a wearable device that intends to help amputees under the elbow to replace the function of the missing anatomical segment that resembles an actual human hand. However, there are some challenging aspects faced mainly on the ...
Fingers Robotics Humans Hand Printing, Three-Dimensional Artificial Limbs
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Computer Vision-Based Grasp Pattern Recognition With Application to Myoelectric Control of Dexterous Hand Prosthesis.

IEEE transactions on neural systems and rehabilitation engineering : a publication of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society Jul 20, 2020
Artificial intelligence provides new feasibilities to the control of dexterous prostheses. To achieve suitable grasps over various objects, a novel computer vision-based classification method assorting objects into different grasp patterns is propose...
Hand Electromyography Artificial Limbs Humans Artificial Intelligence Prosthesis Design Hand Strength
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Intra-cortical brain-machine interfaces for controlling upper-limb powered muscle and robotic systems in spinal cord injury.

Clinical neurology and neurosurgery Jul 15, 2020
OBJECTIVE: Intracortical brain-machine interface (iBMI) is an assistive strategy to restore lost sensorimotor function by bridging the disrupted neural pathways to reanimate paralyzed limbs. However, to date, none of the studies explored the trade-of...
Upper Extremity Electric Stimulation Therapy Artificial Limbs Brain-Computer Interfaces Spinal Cord Injuries Humans Robotics
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