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Limb loss affects millions globally, impairing physical function and reducing quality of life. Most traditional surface electromyographic (sEMG) and semi-autonomous methods require users to generate myoelectric signals for each control,…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-06-11 Kaijie Shi , Wanglong Lu , Hanli Zhao , Vinicius Prado da Fonseca , Ting Zou , Xianta Jiang

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

Surface electromyography (sEMG) is a popular bio-signal used for controlling prostheses and finger gesture recognition mechanisms. Myoelectric prostheses are costly, and most commercially available sEMG acquisition systems are not suitable…

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

Electromyography (EMG) data has been extensively adopted as an intuitive interface for instructing human-robot collaboration. A major challenge of the real-time detection of human grasp intent is the identification of dynamic EMG from hand…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-02-29 Mo Han , Mehrshad Zandigohar , Sezen Yagmur Gunay , Gunar Schirner , Deniz Erdogmus

Myoelectric prosthetic hands are intended to replace the function of the amputee's lost arm. Therefore, developing robotic prosthetics that can mimic not only the appearance and functionality of humans but also characteristics unique to…

Robotics · Computer Science 2021-10-28 Akira Furui , Kosuke Nakagaki , Toshio Tsuji

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

Building robotic prostheses requires a sensor-based interface designed to provide the robotic hand with the control required to perform hand gestures. Traditional Electromyography (EMG) based prosthetics and emerging alternatives often face…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-07-15 Dean Zadok , Oren Salzman , Alon Wolf , Alex M. Bronstein

One of the most elusive goals in myographic prosthesis control is the ability to reliably decode continuous positions simultaneously across multiple degrees-of-freedom. Goal: To demonstrate dexterous, natural, biomimetic finger and wrist…

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 (sEMG) is becoming exceeding useful in applications involving analysis of human motion such as in human-machine interface, assistive technology, healthcare and prosthetic development. The proposed work presents a…

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

State-of-the-art motorized hand prostheses are endowed with actuators able to provide independent and proportional control of as many as six degrees of freedom (DOFs). The control signals are derived from residual electromyographic (EMG)…

Robotics · Computer Science 2021-04-30 Alessandro Salatiello , Martin A. Giese

Conventional electromyography (EMG) measures the continuous neural activity during muscle contraction, but lacks explicit quantification of the actual contraction. Mechanomyography (MMG) and accelerometers only measure body surface motion,…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2022-11-08 Zijing Zhang , Edwin C. Kan

Surface electromyography (EMG) serves as a pivotal tool in hand gesture recognition and human-computer interaction, offering a non-invasive means of signal acquisition. This study presents a novel methodology for classifying hand gestures…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-04-07 Abu Saleh Musa Miah , Najmul Hassan , Md. Maniruzzaman , Nobuyoshi Asai , Jungpil Shin

Prosthetic hands can be used to support upper-body amputees. Myoelectric prosthesis, one of the externally-powered active prosthesis categories, requires proper processing units in addition to recording electrodes and instrumentation…

Electromyography is an unexplored field of study when it comes to alternate input modality while interacting with a computer. However, to make computers understand human emotions is pivotal in the area of human-computer interaction and in…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2019-11-14 Muhammad Shihab Rashid , Zubayet Zaman , Hasan Mahmud , Md. Kamrul Hasan

Any part of the human body replication procedure commences the prosthetic control science. This paper highlights the hardware design technique of a prosthetic arm with implementation of gear motor control aspect. The prosthetic control arm…

Robotics · Computer Science 2011-11-10 Biswarup Neogi , Soumyajit Mukherjee , Soumya Ghosal , Achintya Das , D. N. Tibarewala

The anthropomorphism of grasping process significantly benefits the experience and grasping efficiency of prosthetic hand wearers. Currently, prosthetic hands controlled by signals such as brain-computer interfaces (BCI) and…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-12-11 Yansong Xu , Xiaohui Wang , Junlin Li , Xiaoqian Zhang , Feng Li , Qing Gao , Chenglong Fu , Yuquan Leng

Electromyogram (EMG) pattern recognition can be used to classify hand gestures and movements for human-machine interface and prosthetics applications, but it often faces reliability issues resulting from limb position change. One method to…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2021-03-10 Andy Zhou , Rikky Muller , Jan Rabaey

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