Title :
Coeffecient of Underactuated Mechanism (CoUAM): Novel Approach for Underactuated Mechanism of Myoelectric Hand Prosthesis
Author :
Iftikhar, Muhammad ; Jan, Sh Majid Masood ; Mariappan, Muralindran
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Med., Univ. Malaysia Sabah, Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia
Abstract :
Underactuated mechanism (UAM) is commonly used to describe current version of prosthetic hands. Different numbers of motors are being used for finger and thumb movements range from 1 to 16. Our target of this paper is to assess a Coefficient of UAM (CoUAM) of different types of prosthesis and their relation in term of various parameters i.e. cost, weight, function, design simplifications etc. and also to classify them.
Keywords :
electromyography; microactuators; micromotors; prosthetics; CoUAM; coeffecient of underactuated mechanism; finger movements; myoelectric hand prosthesis; thumb movements; Actuators; Fingers; Grasping; Humans; Joints; Prosthetic hand;
Conference_Titel :
Bioinformatics and Biomedical Engineering, (iCBBE) 2011 5th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Wuhan
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-5088-6
DOI :
10.1109/icbbe.2011.5780337
