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Electromyography (EMG) signals are obtained from muscle cell activity. The recording and analysis of EMG signals has several applications. The EMG is of diagnostic importance for treating patients suffering from neurological and…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-09-18 Vinay C K , Vikas Vazhayil , Madhav rao

We study the task of gesture recognition from electromyography (EMG), with the goal of enabling expressive human-computer interaction at high accuracy, while minimizing the time required for new subjects to provide calibration data. To…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2023-11-30 Niklas Smedemark-Margulies , Yunus Bicer , Elifnur Sunger , Tales Imbiriba , Eugene Tunik , Deniz Erdogmus , Mathew Yarossi , Robin Walters

This paper proposes an interactive system for mobile devices controlled by hand gestures aimed at helping people with visual impairments. This system allows the user to interact with the device by making simple static and dynamic hand…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2022-07-27 Samer Alashhab , Antonio Javier Gallego , Miguel Ángel Lozano

Surface electromyography (s-EMG) sensors are a promising way to control upper-limb prostheses. However a training session is necessary in order to set up the controller that will make s-EMG based movement possible. All data recorded during…

Other Quantitative Biology · Quantitative Biology 2015-11-25 Marco Lampacrescia

Surface electromyography (sEMG) sensors are widely used in human-computer interaction, yet the failure of a single sensor can compromise system usability. We propose a methodological framework for implementing a fail-safe mechanism in…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2026-05-12 Freek Hens , Amirhossein Sadough , Aleksa Bokšan , Mahyar Shahsavari , Mohammad Mahdi Dehshibi

EMG-based gesture recognition shows promise for human-machine interaction. Systems are often afflicted by signal and electrode variability which degrades performance over time. We present an end-to-end system combating this variability…

Regressively-based surface electromyography (sEMG) prosthetics are widely used for their ability to continuously convert muscle activity into finger force and motion. However, they typically require additional kinematic or dynamic sensors,…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-11-21 Gang Liu , Ye Sun , Zhenxiang Wang , Chuanmei Xi , Ziyang He , Shanshan Guo , Rui Zhang , Dezhong Yao

Surface electromyography (sEMG) and high-density sEMG (HD-sEMG) biosignals have been extensively investigated for myoelectric control of prosthetic devices, neurorobotics, and more recently human-computer interfaces because of their…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2023-09-25 Qin Hu , Golara Ahmadi Azar , Alyson Fletcher , Sundeep Rangan , S. Farokh Atashzar

Upper limb based neuromuscular interfaces aim to provide a seamless way for humans to interact with technology. Among noninvasive interfaces, surface electromyogram (EMG) signals hold significant promise. However, their sensitivity to…

Brain computer interface is the current area of research to provide assistance to disabled persons. To cope up with the growing needs of BCI applications, this paper presents an automated classification scheme for handgrip actions on…

Neurons and Cognition · Quantitative Biology 2018-04-13 Anju Mishra , Shanu Sharma , Sanjay Kumar , Priya Ranjan , Amit Ujlayan

Varying contraction levels of muscles is a big challenge in electromyography-based gesture recognition. Some use cases require the classifier to be robust against varying force changes, while others demand to distinguish between different…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2019-09-04 Ali Moin , Andy Zhou , Simone Benatti , Abbas Rahimi , Luca Benini , Jan M. Rabaey

Hand Gesture Recognition (HGR) is of major importance for Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) applications. In this paper, we present a new hand gesture recognition approach called GNG-IEMD. In this approach, first, we use a Growing Neural Gas…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2019-09-10 Narges Mirehi , Maryam Tahmasbi

Electromyograms (EMG)-based hand gesture recognition systems are a promising technology for human/machine interfaces. However, one of their main limitations is the long calibration time that is typically required to handle new users. The…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-01-12 Martin Colot , Cédric Simar , Mathieu Petieau , Ana Maria Cebolla Alvarez , Guy Cheron , Gianluca Bontempi

Surface electromyography (sEMG) is a widely used muscle activity monitoring technique. sEMG measures muscle activity through monopolar and bipolar, multi-electrode electrodes. The surface electrodes are placed on the surface of the skin…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-12-25 Kukhokuhle Tsengwa , Stephen Paine , Fred Nicolls , Yumna Albertus , Amir Patel

Electromyography (EMG) signal analysis is a popular method for controlling prosthetic and gesture control equipment. For portable systems, such as prosthetic limbs, real-time low-power operation on embedded processors is critical, but to…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2019-05-10 Sumit Raurale , John McAllister , Jesus Martinez del Rincon

Statistical models of Surface electromyography (sEMG) signals have several applications such as better understanding of sEMG signal generation, improved pattern recognition based control of wearable exoskeletons and prostheses, improving…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-01-16 Durgesh Kusuru , Anish C. Turlapaty , Mainak Thakur

Brain computer interface based assistive technology are currently promoted for motor rehabilitation of the neuromuscular ailed individuals. Recent studies indicate a high potential of utilising electroencephalography (EEG) to extract motor…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2019-03-26 Sutanu Bera , Rinku Roy , Debdeep Sikdar , Manjunatha Mahadevappa

IMUs are gaining significant importance in the field of hand gesture analysis, trajectory detection and kinematic functional study. An Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU) consists of tri-axial accelerometers and gyroscopes which can together be…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-05-04 Karush Suri , Rinki Gupta

Loss of hand function due to conditions like stroke or multiple sclerosis significantly impacts daily activities. Robotic rehabilitation provides tools to restore hand function, while novel methods based on surface electromyography (sEMG)…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-09-27 Tomislav Bazina , Ervin Kamenar , Maria Fonoberova , Igor Mezić

Electromyogram (EMG) has been utilized to interface signals for prosthetic hands and information devices owing to its ability to reflect human motion intentions. Although various EMG classification methods have been introduced into…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-08-11 Akira Furui , Takuya Igaue , Toshio Tsuji