Development of myoelectric hand end effector with voluntarily controlled compliance

Author

Okuno, R. ; Yoshida, M. ; Akazawa, K.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Comput. & Syst. Eng., Kobe Univ., Japan

Volume

1

fYear

1999

fDate

1999

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to develop an end effector of a myoelectric prosthetic hand that simulates fundamental dynamic properties of the neuromuscular control system of the human hand. Both finger angle and compliance of the end effector could be controlled voluntarily by surface EMG signals. This was composed of a one-degree-of-freedom mechanical hand with three fingers, a microprocessor based DC motor position control system and a force feedback unit

Keywords

artificial limbs; elasticity; electromyography; force feedback; position control; compliance; finger angle; force feedback unit; fundamental dynamic properties simulation; human hand; microprocessor based DC motor position control system; myoelectric hand end effector; neuromuscular control system; one-degree-of-freedom mechanical hand; surface EMG signals; three fingers; voluntarily controlled compliance; Control system synthesis; DC motors; Electromyography; End effectors; Fingers; Humans; Microprocessors; Neuromuscular; Position control; Prosthetic hand;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

[Engineering in Medicine and Biology, 1999. 21st Annual Conference and the 1999 Annual Fall Meetring of the Biomedical Engineering Society] BMES/EMBS Conference, 1999. Proceedings of the First Joint

Conference_Location

Atlanta, GA

ISSN

1094-687X

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5674-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IEMBS.1999.802718

Filename

802718