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Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Annual International Conference
Nov 1, 2021
Proprioceptive deficits are common after a stroke and are thought to negatively impact motor learning. Despite this, there is a lack of practical robotic devices for assessing proprioception, as well as few robotic rehabilitation techniques that inte...
Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Annual International Conference
Nov 1, 2021
Compliant pneumatic systems are well suited for wearable robotic applications. The actuators are lightweight, conformable to irregular shapes, and tolerant of uncontrolled degrees of freedom. These attributes are especially desirable for hand exoskel...
Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Annual International Conference
Nov 1, 2021
In the past, partly due to modeling complexities and technical constraints, fingers of soft grippers are rarely driven by high number of actuators, which leads to lack of dexterity. Here we propose a soft robotic gripper with modular anthropomorphic ...
Optics express
Sep 13, 2021
In this study, an automatic algorithm has been presented based on a convolutional neural network (CNN) employing U-net. An ellipsoid and an ellipse were applied for approximation of a three-dimensional sweat duct and en face sweat pore at the differe...
Science robotics
May 12, 2021
Humans use all surfaces of the hand for contact-rich manipulation. Robot hands, in contrast, typically use only the fingertips, which can limit dexterity. In this work, we leveraged a potential energy-based whole-hand manipulation model, which does n...
Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Annual International Conference
Jul 1, 2020
Various robotic devices have been developed for home rehabilitation and support of therapists. Special attention has been focused on soft actuators due to their high viscoelasticity and flexibility, which can contribute to the safety and affinity wit...
Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Annual International Conference
Jul 1, 2020
With the development of advanced robotic hands, a reliable neural-machine interface is essential to take full advantage of the functional dexterity of the robots. In this preliminary study, we developed a novel method to estimate isometric forces of ...
Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Annual International Conference
Jul 1, 2020
Continuous and accurate decoding of intended motions is critical for human-machine interactions. Here, we developed a novel approach for real-time continuous prediction of forces in individual fingers using parallel convolutional neural networks (CNN...
Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Annual International Conference
Jul 1, 2019
Despite all the recent developments of using the surface electromyography (sEMG) as a control signal, reliable classifications still remain an arduous task due to overlapping classes and classification ripples. In this paper, we present a straightfor...
Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Annual International Conference
Jul 1, 2019
Existing robotic hands mostly consist of rigid finger mechanism with constant joint stiffness, leading to poor handling performance and even unexpected safety issues. This paper proposed a novel underactuated robotic finger with variable stiffness jo...