Presentation 1998/3/19
Performance Index and Optimal Trajectory in Human Arm Movements
Kuninori SUZUKI, Yoji UNO,
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Abstract(in English) We investigate trajectory planning for a minimum-movement-time task in human reaching movements. Using computer simulation, we confirmed that the minimum-movement-time trajectory considerably concaves toward a body and its velocity profile has two peaks. By executing psycophysical experiments, we found that the subjects generated roughly straight hand path with a bell-shaped velocity profiles. These features can be reproduced by the minimum-torque-change criterion that requires the smoothness of arm movements. We confirmed that the human could generate minimum-movement-time trajectory by specifying via-point and giving some instructions based on optimal torque profiles. The experimental results suggest that the brain cannot calculate the optimal trajectory according to the performance index except for the smoothness.
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Keyword(in English) minimum-torque-change model / minimum-movement-time task / performance index
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Title (in English) Performance Index and Optimal Trajectory in Human Arm Movements
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Keyword(1) minimum-torque-change model
Keyword(2) minimum-movement-time task
Keyword(3) performance index
1st Author's Name Kuninori SUZUKI
1st Author's Affiliation Department of Information and Computer Sciences, Toyohashi University of Technology()
2nd Author's Name Yoji UNO
2nd Author's Affiliation Department of Information and Computer Sciences, Toyohashi University of Technology
Date 1998/3/19
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Volume (vol) vol.97
Number (no) 623
Page pp.pp.-
#Pages 8
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