Passive mechanical skin stretch for multiple degree-of-freedom proprioception in a hand prosthesis

Aadeel Akhtar, Mary Nguyen, Logan Wan, Brandon Boyce, Patrick Slade, Timothy Bretl

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Abstract

In this paper, we present a passive linear skin stretch device that can provide proprioceptive feedback for multiple degrees of freedom (DOF) in a prosthetic hand. In a 1-DOF virtual targeting task, subjects performed as well with our device as with a vibrotactile array, and significantly better (p < 0.05) than having no feedback at all. In a 3-DOF grip recognition task, subjects were able to classify six different grips with 88.0% accuracy. Training took 6 min and the average time to classification was 5.2 s. Subjects were also able to match a set of target grip apertures with 11.1% error on average.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationHaptics
Subtitle of host publicationNeuroscience, Devices, Modeling, and Applications - 9th International Conference, EuroHaptics 2014, Proceedings
EditorsMalika Auvray, Christian Duriez, Christian Duriez, Malika Auvray
PublisherSpringer
Pages120-128
Number of pages9
ISBN (Electronic)9783662441954
DOIs
StatePublished - 2014
Event9th International Conference on Haptics: Neuroscience, Devices, Modeling, and Applications, EuroHaptics 2014 - Versailles, France
Duration: Jun 24 2014Jun 26 2014

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume8619
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

Other

Other9th International Conference on Haptics: Neuroscience, Devices, Modeling, and Applications, EuroHaptics 2014
Country/TerritoryFrance
CityVersailles
Period6/24/146/26/14

Keywords

  • Myoelectric prostheses
  • Proprioception
  • Skin stretch

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Theoretical Computer Science
  • Computer Science(all)

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