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Capitalizing on the need for addressing the existing challenges associated with gesture recognition via sparse multichannel surface Electromyography (sEMG) signals, the paper proposes a novel deep learning model, referred to as the…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2019-11-12 Elahe Rahimian , Soheil Zabihi , Seyed Farokh Atashzar , Amir Asif , Arash Mohammadi

By using a computer keyboard as a finger recording device, we construct the largest existing dataset for gesture recognition via surface electromyography (sEMG), and use deep learning to achieve over 90% character-level accuracy on…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2021-09-30 Michael S. Crouch , Mingde Zheng , Michael S. Eggleston

The main purpose of this research is to move the robotic arm (5DoF) in real-time, based on the surface Electromyography (sEMG) signals, as obtained from the wireless Myo gesture armband to distinguish seven hand movements. The sEMG signals…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2018-10-24 Hussein F. Hassan , Sadiq J. Abou-Loukh , Ibraheem Kasim Ibraheem

Electromyography (EMG) is a way of measuring the bioelectric activities that take place inside the muscles. EMG is usually performed to detect abnormalities within the nerves or muscles of a target area. The recent developments in the field…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2021-01-19 Niloy Sikder , Abu Shamim Mohammad Arif , Abdullah-Al Nahid

The purpose of gesture recognition is to recognize meaningful movements of human bodies, and gesture recognition is an important issue in computer vision. In this paper, we present a multimodal gesture recognition method based on 3D densely…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2020-01-17 Yi Zhang , Chong Wang , Ye Zheng , Jieyu Zhao , Yuqi Li , Xijiong Xie

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

Robust and accurate decoding of gesture from non-invasive surface electromyography (sEMG) is important for various applications including spatial computing, healthcare, and entertainment, and has been actively pursued by researchers and…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2026-02-17 Adyasha Dash , Giulia Zappoli , Laya Das , Robert Riener

Both the temporal dynamics and spatial correlations of Electroencephalogram (EEG), which contain discriminative emotion information, are essential for the emotion recognition. However, some redundant information within the EEG signals would…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-11-17 Zhe Wang , Yongxiong Wang , Chuanfei Hu , Zhong Yin , Yu Song

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

Objective: Multimodal hand gesture recognition (HGR) systems can achieve higher recognition accuracy compared to unimodal HGR systems. However, acquiring multimodal gesture recognition data typically requires users to wear additional…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-09-19 Wentao Wei , Linyan Ren

Hand gesture recognition (HGR) has gained significant attention due to the increasing use of AI-powered human-computer interfaces that can interpret the deep spatiotemporal dynamics of biosignals from the peripheral nervous system, such as…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-10-09 Golara Ahmadi Azar , Qin Hu , Melika Emami , Alyson Fletcher , Sundeep Rangan , S. Farokh Atashzar

Reliable control of myoelectric prostheses is often hindered by high inter-subject variability and the clinical impracticality of high-density sensor arrays. This study proposes a deep learning framework for accurate gesture recognition…

In recent years, real-time control of prosthetic hands has gained a great deal of attention. In particular, real-time analysis of Electromyography (EMG) signals has several challenges to achieve an acceptable accuracy and execution delay.…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-07-05 Reza Bagherian Azhiri , Mohammad Esmaeili , Mehrdad Nourani

High-density electromyography (HD-EMG) has emerged as a powerful modality for decoding fine-grained neuromuscular activity, enabling real-time neural-machine interfaces (NMIs) for applications such as prosthetic control, rehabilitation, and…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-05-29 Peter Chudinov , Zhenyu Lin , Jay Motamarry , Srihita Panati , Xiaorong Zhang , Zhuwei Qin

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

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

Natural muscles provide mobility in response to nerve impulses. Electromyography (EMG) measures the electrical activity of muscles in response to a nerve's stimulation. In the past few decades, EMG signals have been used extensively in the…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-01-15 Mohsen Jafarzadeh , Daniel Curtiss Hussey , Yonas Tadesse

In sensitive scenarios, such as meetings, negotiations, and team sports, messages must be conveyed without detection by non-collaborators. Previous methods, such as encrypting messages, eye contact, and micro-gestures, had problems with…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2024-11-22 Hongxin Li , Jingsheng Tang , Xuechao Xu , Wei Dai , Yaru Liu , Junhao Xiao , Huimin Lu , Zongtan Zhou

Deep learning-based Hand Gesture Recognition (HGR) via surface Electromyogram (sEMG) signals has recently shown significant potential for development of advanced myoelectric-controlled prosthesis. Existing deep learning approaches,…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-04-01 Soheil Zabihi , Elahe Rahimian , Amir Asif , Arash Mohammadi

Developing accurate hand gesture perception models is critical for various robotic applications, enabling effective communication between humans and machines and directly impacting neurorobotics and interactive robots. Recently, surface…

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