Blana, D, van den Bogert, A, Murray, W, Ganguly, A, Krasoulis, A, Nazarpour, K and Chadwick, EKJ (2020) Model-based control of individual finger movements for prosthetic hand function. IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering, 28 (3). pp. 612-620. ISSN 1534-4320

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Abstract

Abstract Prosthetic devices for hand difference have advanced considerably in recent years, to the point where the mechanical dexterity of a state-of-the-art prosthetic hand approaches that of the natural hand. Control options for users, however, have not kept pace, meaning that the new devices are not used to their full potential. Promising developments in control technology reported in the literature have met with limited commercial and clinical success. We have previously described a biomechanical model of the hand that could be used for prosthesis control. In this study, we report on three key elements of the biomechanical simulations relevant to prosthesis control: we show the performance of the model in replicating recorded hand kinematics and find average correlations of 0.89 between modelled and recorded motions; we show that the computational performance of the simulations is fast enough to achieve real-time control with a robotic hand in the loop; and we describe the use of the model for controlling object gripping. Despite some limitations in accessing sufficient driving signals, the model performance shows promise as a controller for prosthetic hands when driven with recorded EMG signals. We identify areas for future work to address these limitations.

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Subjects: Q Science > Q Science (General)
Divisions: Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Institute for Science and Technology in Medicine
Depositing User: Symplectic
Date Deposited: 22 May 2019 10:32
Last Modified: 07 May 2020 09:10
URI: https://eprints.keele.ac.uk/id/eprint/6375

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