Safe manual control of assist system for stabilizing operation of pendulum by using EMG

Author

Andoh, Mitsuhiro ; Tajiri, Toshiya ; Ura, Kazuhide ; Iwase, Masami ; Hatakeyama, Shoshiro

Author_Institution

Dept. of Comput. & Syst. Eng., Tokyo Denki Univ., Hatoyama

fYear

2008

fDate

12-15 Oct. 2008

Firstpage

1158

Lastpage

1163

Abstract

This study presents the development of a dexterity support system for stabilizing operation of pendulum using electromyogram (EMG) as input signal. When muscles a joint is flexed or extended, EMG signals are generated in the muscles. In case of controlling unstable systems by using EMG, unskilled operations might cause serious instability and drastic accident. And it is difficult for beginners to keep the system stable for a long time and to train the operation successively. Thus, to overcome those problems, a support system utilizing the safe manual control is proposed. The effectiveness of the support system for beginners is discussed from the viewpoint of the operation support and the accident avoidance.

Keywords

electromyography; handicapped aids; pendulums; stability; EMG; assist system; dexterity support system; electromyogram; pendulum stabilizing operation; safe manual control; unstable systems; Accidents; Automatic control; Electromyography; Human factors; Man machine systems; Mechatronics; Muscles; Signal generators; Stability; Wrist; Dexterity; EMG; Safe Manual Control;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Systems, Man and Cybernetics, 2008. SMC 2008. IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Singapore

ISSN

1062-922X

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-2383-5

Electronic_ISBN

1062-922X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICSMC.2008.4811438

Filename

4811438