Currently, trans-radial amputees can only perform a few simple movements with prosthetic hands. This is mainly due to low control capabilities and the long training time that is required to learn controlling them with surface electromyography (sEMG). This is in contrast with recent advances in mechatronics, thanks to which mechanical hands have multiple degrees of freedom and in some cases force control. To help improve the situation, we are building the NinaPro (Non-Invasive Adaptive Prosthetics) database, a database of about 50 hand and wrist movements recorded from several healthy and currently very few amputated persons that will help the community to test and improve sEMG-based natural control systems for prosthetic hands. In this paper we describe the experimental experiences and practical aspects related to the data acquisition. © 2012 European Federation for Medical Informatics and IOS Press. All rights reserved.
Experiences in the creation of an electromyography database to help hand amputated persons / Atzori, Manfredo; Gijsberts, Arjan; Heynen, Simone; Hager, Anne Gabrielle Mittaz; Castellimi, Claudio; Caputo, Barbara; Müller, Henning. - STAMPA. - 180:(2012), pp. 828-832. (Intervento presentato al convegno 24th Medical Informatics in Europe Conference, MIE 2012 tenutosi a Pisa; Italy nel 26-29 August 2012) [10.3233/978-1-61499-101-4-828].
Experiences in the creation of an electromyography database to help hand amputated persons
GIJSBERTS, ARJAN;CAPUTO, BARBARA;
2012
Abstract
Currently, trans-radial amputees can only perform a few simple movements with prosthetic hands. This is mainly due to low control capabilities and the long training time that is required to learn controlling them with surface electromyography (sEMG). This is in contrast with recent advances in mechatronics, thanks to which mechanical hands have multiple degrees of freedom and in some cases force control. To help improve the situation, we are building the NinaPro (Non-Invasive Adaptive Prosthetics) database, a database of about 50 hand and wrist movements recorded from several healthy and currently very few amputated persons that will help the community to test and improve sEMG-based natural control systems for prosthetic hands. In this paper we describe the experimental experiences and practical aspects related to the data acquisition. © 2012 European Federation for Medical Informatics and IOS Press. All rights reserved.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
