Can Training Make Three Arms Better Than Two Heads for Trimanual Coordination?
Supernumerary effectors have been proposed to enable users to perform tasks alone that normally require assistance from a partner. While various supernumerary robotic limbs have been developed in the last decade, the capability of users to operate them effectively has not yet been proven. Here we te...
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| description | Supernumerary effectors have been proposed to enable users to perform tasks alone that normally require assistance from a partner. While various supernumerary robotic limbs have been developed in the last decade, the capability of users to operate them effectively has not yet been proven. Here we tested whether users (i) can complete a task that requires simultaneous and fine control of three effectors, and (ii) can be trained to do so with similar or superior performance as through collaboration with a human partner. As in previous studies, initial augmented capability was less than that of working with a partner. However, one hour of dedicated solo trimanual training across three days significantly increased task performance, so that participants became able to perform trimanual control alone as well as or better than they could with a new partner. This shows the viability of augmentation systems for applications such as in robotic surgery or industrial assembly, which can be further validated on real tasks with physical systems. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-73ea4a611cb7452ca707e64fe2e3de5f2025-08-20T02:38:10ZengIEEEIEEE Open Journal of Engineering in Medicine and Biology2644-12762023-01-01414815510.1109/OJEMB.2023.330580810221685Can Training Make Three Arms Better Than Two Heads for Trimanual Coordination?Yanpei Huang0https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1988-0266Jonathan Eden1https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0733-265XEkaterina Ivanova2https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3024-093XEtienne Burdet3https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2123-0185Department of Bioengineering, Imperial College of Science Technology, Medicine, London, U.K.Department of Bioengineering, Imperial College of Science Technology, Medicine, London, U.K.Department of Bioengineering, Imperial College of Science Technology, Medicine, London, U.K.Department of Bioengineering, Imperial College of Science Technology, Medicine, London, U.K.Supernumerary effectors have been proposed to enable users to perform tasks alone that normally require assistance from a partner. While various supernumerary robotic limbs have been developed in the last decade, the capability of users to operate them effectively has not yet been proven. Here we tested whether users (i) can complete a task that requires simultaneous and fine control of three effectors, and (ii) can be trained to do so with similar or superior performance as through collaboration with a human partner. As in previous studies, initial augmented capability was less than that of working with a partner. However, one hour of dedicated solo trimanual training across three days significantly increased task performance, so that participants became able to perform trimanual control alone as well as or better than they could with a new partner. This shows the viability of augmentation systems for applications such as in robotic surgery or industrial assembly, which can be further validated on real tasks with physical systems.https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10221685/Foot controlteleoperationthree-hand surgeryTri-manipulation |
| spellingShingle | Yanpei Huang Jonathan Eden Ekaterina Ivanova Etienne Burdet Can Training Make Three Arms Better Than Two Heads for Trimanual Coordination? IEEE Open Journal of Engineering in Medicine and Biology Foot control teleoperation three-hand surgery Tri-manipulation |
| title | Can Training Make Three Arms Better Than Two Heads for Trimanual Coordination? |
| title_full | Can Training Make Three Arms Better Than Two Heads for Trimanual Coordination? |
| title_fullStr | Can Training Make Three Arms Better Than Two Heads for Trimanual Coordination? |
| title_full_unstemmed | Can Training Make Three Arms Better Than Two Heads for Trimanual Coordination? |
| title_short | Can Training Make Three Arms Better Than Two Heads for Trimanual Coordination? |
| title_sort | can training make three arms better than two heads for trimanual coordination |
| topic | Foot control teleoperation three-hand surgery Tri-manipulation |
| url | https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10221685/ |
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