Title :
A Novel Architecture for the Design of Prosthetic and Robotic Hands
Author :
Vinjamuri, Ramana ; Mao, Zhi-Hong ; Sclabassi, Robert ; Sun, Mingui
Author_Institution :
University of Pittsburgh, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Pittsburgh, PA 15261
Abstract :
This paper establishes an architecture for design of prosthetic and robotic hands. By exploiting the information obtained from CyberGlove®and surface EMG data for muscle activity, we propose a new method for design of prosthetic and robotic hands.
Keywords :
Computer architecture; Data gloves; Electromyography; Fingers; Force control; Humans; Motion measurement; Muscles; Prosthetic hand; Robot kinematics;
Conference_Titel :
Bioengineering Conference, 2006. Proceedings of the IEEE 32nd Annual Northeast
Conference_Location :
Easton, PA, USA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-9563-8
DOI :
10.1109/NEBC.2006.1629803
