human-machine interface

Toward Impedance Control in Human-Machine Interfaces for Upper-Limb Prostheses

Toward Impedance Control in Human-Machine Interfaces for Upper-Limb Prostheses

Toward Impedance Control in Human-Machine Interfaces for Upper-Limb Prostheses 789 444 IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering (TBME)
We present a framework that uses muscle-tendon models driven by electromyographic signals from antagonist muscles to enable control of kinematics, stiffness and damping of a simulated 1-Degree of Freedom robot. read more
A framework for the evaluation of Human Machine Interfaces of robot-assisted colonoscopy

A framework for the evaluation of Human Machine Interfaces of robot-assisted colonoscopy

A framework for the evaluation of Human Machine Interfaces of robot-assisted colonoscopy 1477 832 IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering (TBME)
The paper presents the first complete framework for assessing Human Machine Interfaces in robotic colonoscopy, aiming at identifying an optimal interface that minimizes clinician effort while maximizing clinical outcomes. read more

Intramuscular EMG-driven Musculoskeletal Modelling: Towards Implanted Muscle Interfacing in Spinal Cord Injury Patients

Author(s)3: Moon Ki Jung, Silvia Muceli, Camila Rodrigues, Álvaro Megía-García, Alejandro Pascual-Valdunciel, Antonio J. del-Ama, Angel Gil-Agudo, Juan C. Moreno, Filipe Oliveira Barroso, José L. Pons, Dario Farina
Intramuscular EMG-driven Musculoskeletal Modelling: Towards Implanted Muscle Interfacing in Spinal Cord Injury Patients 605 605 IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering (TBME)
EMG-driven neuromusculoskeletal (NMS) modelling approaches have been developed to estimate user-intended joint moments. This study proposes intramuscular EMG-driven NMS modelling as a control method applied to recordings from muscle implants with the long-term goal of applications in assistive exoskeletons for spinal cord injury (SCI) patients. We recorded intramuscular EMG (iEMG) and provided joint torque predictions based on the NMS model. The approach was applied to healthy individuals as well as incomplete SCI patients. The results showed high correlation between experimental and predicted joint torques as well as comparable performance when using non-invasive and implanted EMG systems. read more