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Restoring limb motor function in individuals with spinal cord injury (SCI), stroke, or amputation remains a critical challenge, one which affects millions worldwide. Recent studies show through surface electromyography (EMG) that spared…

Electromyogram (EMG) signals recorded from the skin surface enable intuitive control of assistive devices such as prosthetic limbs. However, in EMG-based motion recognition, collecting comprehensive training data for all target motions…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-05-22 Itsuki Yazawa , Seitaro Yoneda , Akira Furui

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

Individuals who use myoelectric upper-limb prostheses often rely heavily on vision to complete their daily activities. They thus struggle in situations where vision is overloaded, such as multitasking, or unavailable, such as poor lighting…

Robotics · Computer Science 2022-11-18 Neha Thomas , Farimah Fazlollahi , Katherine J. Kuchenbecker , Jeremy D. Brown

Although myoelectric prosthetic hands provide amputees with intuitive control, their reliance on many EMG sensors limits accessibility and makes them complex and expensive. To address this problem, this work presents a different perspective…

Biological Physics · Physics 2025-04-22 Mustafa Can Kadilar , Ersin Toptaş , Gazi Akgün

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

Myoelectric control is one of the leading areas of research in the field of robotic prosthetics. We present our research in surface electromyography (sEMG) signal classification, where our simple and novel attention-based approach now leads…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2020-11-19 David Josephs , Carson Drake , Andrew Heroy , John Santerre

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

This paper presents a novel neuromorphic control architecture for upper-limb prostheses that combines surface electromyography (sEMG) with gaze-guided computer vision. The system uses a spiking neural network deployed on the neuromorphic…

Stroke patients have symptoms of cerebral functional disturbance that could aggressively impair patient's physical mobility, such as freezing of hand movements. Although rehabilitation training from external devices is beneficial for hand…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-06-30 Xiaotong Gu , Zehong Cao

A brain-computer interface (BCI) may be used to control a prosthetic or orthotic hand using neural activity from the brain. The core of this sensorimotor BCI lies in the interpretation of the neural information extracted from…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2016-11-17 A. K. Mohamed , T. Marwala , L. R. John

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

Precise and elegant coordination of a prosthesis across many degrees of freedom represents a significant challenge to efficient rehabilitation of people with limb deficiency. Processing the electrical neural signals, collected from the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-02-16 Michael Siomau , Ning Jiang

A brain-computer interface (BCI) based on electroencephalography (EEG) can be useful for rehabilitation and the control of external devices. Five grasping tasks were decoded for motor execution (ME) and motor imagery (MI). During this…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2022-12-15 Jeong-Hyun Cho , Byoung-Hee Kwon , Byeong-Hoo Lee

Recent human computer-interaction (HCI) studies using electromyography (EMG) and inertial measurement units (IMUs) for upper-limb gesture recognition have claimed that inertial measurements alone result in higher classification accuracy…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-11-16 Evan Campbell , Angkoon Phinyomark , Erik Scheme

Sonomyography (SMG) is a novel human-machine interface that controls upper-limb prostheses by monitoring forearm muscle activity using ultrasonic imaging. SMG has been investigated for controlling upper-limb prostheses during the last two…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-07-30 Vaheh Nazari , Yong-Ping Zheng

This paper presents a control interface to translate the residual body motions of individuals living with severe disabilities, into control commands for body-machine interaction. A custom, wireless, wearable multi-sensor network is used to…

Surface electromyography (sEMG) signals hold significant potential for gesture recognition and robust prosthetic hand development. However, sEMG signals are affected by various physiological and dynamic factors, including forearm…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-11-27 Umme Rumman , Arifa Ferdousi , Bipin Saha , Md. Sazzad Hossain , Md. Johirul Islam , Shamim Ahmad , Mamun Bin Ibne Reaz , Md. Rezaul Islam

Upper limb movement classification, which maps input signals to the target activities, is a key building block in the control of rehabilitative robotics. Classifiers are trained for the rehabilitative system to comprehend the desires of the…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2023-03-10 Zihao Wang , Ravi Suppiah

The creation of unique control methods for a hand prosthesis is still a problem that has to be addressed. The best choice of a human-machine interface (HMI) that should be used to enable natural control is still a challenge. Surface…