The Infona portal uses cookies, i.e. strings of text saved by a browser on the user's device. The portal can access those files and use them to remember the user's data, such as their chosen settings (screen view, interface language, etc.), or their login data. By using the Infona portal the user accepts automatic saving and using this information for portal operation purposes. More information on the subject can be found in the Privacy Policy and Terms of Service. By closing this window the user confirms that they have read the information on cookie usage, and they accept the privacy policy and the way cookies are used by the portal. You can change the cookie settings in your browser.
This paper presents a highly integrated underactuated anthropomorphic finger with three joints and two DOFs using a novel coupled-adaptive linkage mechanism. The finger has two main motion modes: coupled motion in free space and self-adaptive motion when contacting with the object. Compared with conventional prosthetic finger, the combination of these two motion modes improves the anthropomorphic...
A design of miniaturized prosthetic wrist is proposed in this paper. Firstly, based on the wrist function, we divided daily activities into 4 scenarios, 12 behaviors and 30 wrist daily tasks in total. Secondly, according to the motion classification and the prerequisite of independent rotational DoF of the wrist, the 4 simplified trajectory, wrist repetition patterns(WRP), were obtained. Then, we...
It is known that the muscles actuate human hand joints with a coordinated manner and the hand postures can be reconstructed by a few (usually two) inputs through postural synergies, which has been applied in robotic hand design for reproducing the human versatile grasp function. As for the mechanical implementation, in terms of the joints implemented postural synergies, due to the excessive number...
The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate the design and control performance of a modular biomechatronic prosthetic hand especially with an anthropomorphic cosmesis. The hand has a total of 11 joints actuated by six motors. Each digit (2 joints, DIP and MCP, coupled) is integrated with the actuator, the transmission mechanism, the sensors and the controller as a modular unit easily to be installed,...
In order to improve the prosthetic hand's design and usability, this paper presents a synthetic framework for evaluating the current prosthetic hands' anthropomorphic features with 12 quantified prosthetic hand anthropomorphism evaluation indexes (QPHAEIs). Our primary results show that a global anthropomorphic score (GAS) of the current commercial prosthetic hands is only 45.2%. The compliance, coupling...
This paper presents a multi-DOF and multisensory prosthetic hand (HIT V prosthetic hand) with five modular fingers. The hand has a total of 11 joints, which are actuated by 6 intrinsic DC motors. Each digit (2 joints, DIP and MCP, coupled) is driven separately by a motor within the proximal phalange, while the trapeziometacarpal (TM) joint of the thumb is specially devised with an additional actuation...
A five-fingered, multi-sensory and biomimetic prosthetic hand is presented in this paper. The HIT-Hand is a multisensory and integrated five fingered hand with in total 11 DOFs. The hand has five fingers and each of them can be driven individually by the embedded actuation and control system fitted in the palm. Each finger has 2 DOFs and two joints, the two joints are mechanically coupled by a cable...
A five-fingered, multi-sensory biomechatronic hand with sEMG interface is presented. The cambered palm is specially designed to enhance the stability while grasping. The location of the thumb is designed by maximizing interaction area between the thumb and other fingers. The opposite thumb could grasp along a cone surface, while maintaining its function. By taken the advantage of coupling linkage...
In the force control of multi-functional prosthetic hands, it is important to extract grasp force information besides mode specifications directly from the myoelectric signals. In this paper, a force sensor is adopted to record the hand's enveloping force when the hand is performing several grasp modes, synchronously with 6 channels surface electromyography (EMG) which are extracting from the subject's...
A novel electromyographic (EMG) motion pattern classifier which combines VLR (variable learning rate) based neural network with wavelet transform and nonlinearity analysis method is presented in this paper. This motion pattern classifier can successfully identify the flexion and extension of the thumb, the index linger and the middle finger, by measuring the surface EMG signals through three electrodes...
A five-fingered underactuated prosthetic hand controlled by surface electromyographic (EMG) signals is presented in this paper. The prosthetic hand control part is based on an EMG motion pattern classifier which combines Levenberg-Marquardt (LM) or variable learning rate (VLR) based neural network with parametric autoregressive (AR) model and wavelet transform. This motion pattern classifier can successfully...
A new five-fingered underactuated prosthetic hand control system is presented in this paper. The prosthetic hand control part is based on an EMG motion pattern classifier which combines VLR (variable learning rate) based neural network with wavelet transform and sample entropy. This motion pattern classifier can successfully identify flexion and extension of the thumb, the index finger and the middle...
Set the date range to filter the displayed results. You can set a starting date, ending date or both. You can enter the dates manually or choose them from the calendar.