Summary
IEICE Information and Communication Technology Forum
2015
Session Number:SESSION8
Session:
Number:SESSION8-5
Myoelectric Prosthesis Control: The gap between academia and industry
Kianoush Nazarpour,
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Publication Date:2015-08-31
Online ISSN:2188-5079
DOI:10.34385/proc.22.SESSION8-5
Summary:
An artificial arm, or prosthesis, is an example of technology that can be used to help somebody perform essential activities of daily living after a serious injury that results in the loss of their arm. Such activities might include eating, washing, opening doors, or shaking hands with a friend. Many artificial arms on the market these days are highly sophisticated, offering individual finger movement, and even movement of segments within a finger, that resemble the natural arm and hand. These prosthetic arms are often controlled by sensing the contractions in the muscles of the remaining arm to which the prosthesis is attached, allowing the user to operate the arm by flexing their muscles. However, still some everyday tasks, e.g. tying a shoe-lace, are currently challenging with prosthetic hands. In this talk, I will introduce the state-of-art of prosthesis control in academia and industry and discuss how the gap between what is possible in the laboratory and what is available in clinic could be reduced.