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IEEE transactions on bio-medical engineering
Jul 31, 2014
Fine-wire intramuscular electrodes were used to obtain electromyogram (EMG) signals from six extrinsic hand muscles associated with the thumb, index, and middle fingers. Subjects' EMG activity was used to control a virtual three-degree-of-freedom (DO...
Disability and rehabilitation. Assistive technology
Dec 31, 2013
PURPOSE: An electromyography-driven robot system integrated with neuromuscular electrical stimulation (NMES) was developed to investigate its effectiveness on post-stroke rehabilitation.
IEEE transactions on biomedical circuits and systems
Feb 1, 2025
The accurate modeling of hand movement based on the analysis of surface electromyographic (sEMG) signals offers exciting opportunities for the development of complex prosthetic devices and human-machine interfaces, moving from discrete gesture recogn...
Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Annual International Conference
Jul 1, 2024
The supernumerary robotic finger (SRF) can expand human hand abilities to achieve motor augmentation, and integrate with brain computer interface (BCI) to free the occupation of inherent body degrees of freedom. However, the neuro remodeling mechanis...
Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Annual International Conference
Jul 1, 2024
As the worldwide incidence of stroke increases, supernumerary robotic limbs (SRLs), more specifically supernumerary robotic fingers (SRFs), present a potentially effective solution for enhancing the task related functionality of the upper-limbs of st...
IEEE ... International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics : [proceedings]
Sep 1, 2023
This paper presents a novel impedance controller for THINGER (THumb INdividuating Grasp Exercise Robot), a 2-degree-of-freedom (DOF) spherical 5-bar exoskeleton designed to augment FINGER (Finger INdividuating Grasp Exercise Robot). Many rehabilitati...
Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Annual International Conference
Jul 1, 2023
Creating haptic interface by glove-based wearable robotic system has become an increasingly interested topic in the area of human robotic interaction. Many force feedback gloves are constructed based on soft actuators. However, the recent development...
Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Annual International Conference
Jul 1, 2023
Neuromuscular injuries can impair hand function and profoundly impacting the quality of life. This has motivated the development of advanced assistive robotic hands. However, the current neural decoder systems are limited in their ability to provide ...
Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Annual International Conference
Jul 1, 2022
Natural control of assistive devices requires continuous positional encoding and decoding of the user's volition. Human movement is encoded by recruitment and rate coding of spinal motor units. Surface electromyography provides some information on th...
Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Annual International Conference
Jul 1, 2022
The purpose of this study was to develop a robotic hand to assist with large organs, instead of using a surgeon, in laparoscopic surgery. Grasping, pinching, and exclusion were performed by three subjects with no medical knowledge. The results indica...