Wireless Mobile Communication and Healthcare. 8th EAI International Conference, MobiHealth 2019, Dublin, Ireland, November 14-15, 2019, Proceedings

Research Article

Development of an Intuitive EMG Interface for Multi-dexterous Robotic Hand

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  • @INPROCEEDINGS{10.1007/978-3-030-49289-2_16,
        author={Emanuele Secco and Daniel McHugh and David Reid and Atulya Nagar},
        title={Development of an Intuitive EMG Interface for Multi-dexterous Robotic Hand},
        proceedings={Wireless Mobile Communication and Healthcare. 8th  EAI International Conference, MobiHealth 2019, Dublin, Ireland, November 14-15, 2019, Proceedings},
        proceedings_a={MOBIHEALTH},
        year={2020},
        month={6},
        keywords={Smart prosthetics Human-centered healthcare Electromyography},
        doi={10.1007/978-3-030-49289-2_16}
    }
    
  • Emanuele Secco
    Daniel McHugh
    David Reid
    Atulya Nagar
    Year: 2020
    Development of an Intuitive EMG Interface for Multi-dexterous Robotic Hand
    MOBIHEALTH
    Springer
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-49289-2_16
Emanuele Secco1,*, Daniel McHugh1,*, David Reid1,*, Atulya Nagar1,*
  • 1: Liverpool Hope University
*Contact email: seccoe@hope.ac.uk, 13005235@hope.ac.uk, reidd@hope.ac.uk, nagara@hope.ac.uk

Abstract

This paper presents an integrated EMG-based system for controlling a 5-fingers robotic hand: the system combines two commercial products, namely an Open-Bionics Hand and a wearable MYO controller in a new fashion where the end-user can control different postural grasping through an intuitive menu, cycling among different pre-set grasping configurations. According to preliminary tests, such a solution may represent an interesting novelty for a user-centered experience of patients with an upper limb prosthetic device.