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Current prosthesis control methods are primarily model-independent - lacking formal guarantees of stability, relying largely on heuristic tuning parameters for good performance, and neglecting use of the natural dynamics of the system.…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-11-12 Rachel Gehlhar , Aaron D. Ames

The upper limb of the body is a vital for various kind of activities for human. The complete or partial loss of the upper limb would lead to a significant impact on daily activities of the amputees. EMG carries important information of…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2024-10-28 Sidharth Pancholi , Amit M. Joshi Deepak Joshi , Bradly S. Duerstock

Surface electromyography (sEMG) signals exhibit substantial inter-subject variability and are highly susceptible to noise, posing challenges for robust and interpretable decoding. To address these limitations, we propose a discrete…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-03-02 Yuepeng Chen , Kaili Zheng , Ji Wu , Zhuangzhuang Li , Ye Ma , Dongwei Liu , Chenyi Guo , Xiangling Fu

Discrimination of hand gestures based on the decoding of surface electromyography (sEMG) signals is a well-establish approach for controlling prosthetic devices and for Human-Machine Interfaces (HMI). However, despite the promising results…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2023-01-25 Elisa Donati , Simone Benatti , Enea Ceolini , Giacomo Indiveri

Recently, surface electromyography (sEMG) emerged as a novel biometric authentication method. Since EMG system parameters, such as the feature extraction methods and the number of channels, have been known to affect system performances, it…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-03-11 Ashirbad Pradhan , Jiayuan He , Ning Jiang

Surface electromyography (sEMG) enables continuous hand pose estimation on wearable devices, but models trained on multi-user corpora degrade on unseen individuals due to inter-user variability in anatomy and electrode placement. We propose…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2026-05-29 Eric Xie , Hei Shing Cheung

We explore surface electromyography (sEMG) as a non-invasive input modality for mapping muscle activity to keyboard inputs, targeting immersive typing in next-generation human-computer interaction (HCI). This is especially relevant for…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2025-11-25 Kunwoo Lee , Dhivya Sreedhar , Pushkar Saraf , Chaeeun Lee , Kateryna Shapovalenko

Affordable upper-limb prostheses often lack intuitive control systems, limiting functionality and accessibility for amputees in low-resource settings. This project presents a low-cost, dual-mode neuro-muscular control system integrating…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-12-22 Pranesh Sathish Kumar

Muscle contraction is often detected via EMG in prosthetics. However, signal disturbances due to electrode motions can lead to misinterpretations. Therefore, alternative measurement approaches are desired to increase the reliability of the…

Medical Physics · Physics 2020-09-17 Roman Kusche , Martin Ryschka

Advancements in neural engineering have enabled the development of Robotic Prosthetic Hands (RPHs) aimed at restoring hand functionality. Current commercial RPHs offer limited control through basic on/off commands. Recent progresses in…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-06-03 Mohammad Kalbasi , MohammadAli Shaeri , Vincent Alexandre Mendez , Solaiman Shokur , Silvestro Micera , Mahsa Shoaran

This work presents the design, implementation and validation of learning techniques based on the kNN scheme for gesture detection in prosthetic control. To cope with high computational demands in instance-based prediction, methods of…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2023-08-23 Tim Sziburis , Markus Nowak , Davide Brunelli

Wearable orthoses can function both as assistive devices, which allow the user to live independently, and as rehabilitation devices, which allow the user to regain use of an impaired limb. To be fully wearable, such devices must have…

Robotics · Computer Science 2018-02-02 Cassie Meeker , Sangwoo Park , Lauri Bishop , Joel Stein , Matei Ciocarlie

In this paper, a different approach on the use of the ADS1299 (an analog front-end with features for electroencephalogram and electrocardiography signal acquisition) is considered, proposing the development of a surface electromyography…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2018-08-14 Marcelo Bissi Pires , José Jair Alves Mendes Junior , Sergio Luiz Stevan

The rapid advancement in physical human-robot interaction (HRI) has accelerated the development of soft robot designs and controllers. Controlling soft robots, especially soft hand grasping, is challenging due to their continuous…

Sensory feedback is critical to the performance of neural prostheses that restore movement control after neurological injury. Recent advances in direct neural control of paralyzed arms present new requirements for miniaturized, low-power…

Most control techniques for prosthetic grasping focus on dexterous fingers control, but overlook the wrist motion. This forces the user to perform compensatory movements with the elbow, shoulder and hip to adapt the wrist for grasping. We…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-10-03 Federico Vasile , Elisa Maiettini , Giulia Pasquale , Nicolò Boccardo , Lorenzo Natale

Objective: Surface electromyography (EMG) is a non-invasive sensing modality widely used in biomechanics, rehabilitation, prosthetic control, and human-machine interfaces. Despite decades of use, achieving robust generalization across…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-01-16 Matteo Fasulo , Giusy Spacone , Thorir Mar Ingolfsson , Yawei Li , Luca Benini , Andrea Cossettini

Hand pose tracking is essential for advancing applications in human-computer interaction. Current approaches, such as vision-based systems and wearable devices, face limitations in portability, usability, and practicality. We present a…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2025-10-07 Yingjing Xiao , Zhichao Huang , Junbin Ren , Haichuan Song , Yang Gao , Yuting Bai , Zhanpeng Jin

Electrocardiogram (EMG) signals play a significant role in decoding muscle contraction information for robotic hand prosthesis controllers. Widely applied decoders require large amount of EMG signals sensors, resulting in complicated…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-11-30 Jin Ren , Guohui Song , Lucia Tabacu , Yuesheng Xu

Brain Computer Interfaces (BCI) provide the opportunity to control external devices using the brain ElectroEncephaloGram (EEG) signals. In this paper we propose two software framework in order to control a 5 degree of freedom robotic and…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2016-03-10 Daniel Elstob , Emanuele Lindo Secco