Fingertip Proximity-Based Grasping Pattern Prediction of Transradial Myoelectric Prosthesis

For transradial amputees, especially those with insufficient residual muscle activity, it is challenging to quickly obtain an appropriate grasping pattern for a multigrasp prosthesis. To address this problem, this study proposed a fingertip proximity sensor and a grasping pattern prediction method b...

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Main Authors: Bin Yang, Chunyuan Shi, Ziqi Liu, Yawen Hu, Ming Cheng, Li Jiang
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Published: IEEE 2023-01-01
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author Bin Yang
Chunyuan Shi
Ziqi Liu
Yawen Hu
Ming Cheng
Li Jiang
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Chunyuan Shi
Ziqi Liu
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Ming Cheng
Li Jiang
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description For transradial amputees, especially those with insufficient residual muscle activity, it is challenging to quickly obtain an appropriate grasping pattern for a multigrasp prosthesis. To address this problem, this study proposed a fingertip proximity sensor and a grasping pattern prediction method base on it. Rather than exclusively utilizing the EMG of the subject for the grasping pattern recognition, the proposed method used fingertip proximity sensing to predict the appropriate grasping pattern automatically. We established a five-fingertip proximity training dataset for five common classes of grasping patterns (spherical grip, cylindrical grip, tripod pinch, lateral pinch, and hook). A neural network-based classifier was proposed and got a high accuracy (96%) within the training dataset. We assessed the combined EMG/proximity-based method (PS-EMG) on six non-disabled subjects and one transradial amputee subject while performing the “reach-and-pick up” tasks for novel objects. The assessments compared the performance of this method with the typical pure EMG methods. Results indicated that non-disabled subjects could reach the object and initiate prosthesis grasping with the desired grasping pattern on average within 1.93 s and complete the tasks 7.30% faster on average with the PS-EMG method, relative to the pattern recognition-based EMG method. And the amputee subject was, on average, 25.58% faster in completing tasks with the proposed PS-EMG method relative to the switch-based EMG method. The results showed that the proposed method allowed the user to obtain the desired grasping pattern quickly and reduced the requirement for EMG sources.
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spelling doaj-art-bbf076dbc58a45bcb68b92b86407f6412025-08-20T03:05:42ZengIEEEIEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering1534-43201558-02102023-01-01311483149110.1109/TNSRE.2023.324758010049591Fingertip Proximity-Based Grasping Pattern Prediction of Transradial Myoelectric ProsthesisBin Yang0https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1924-3830Chunyuan Shi1https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1479-0926Ziqi Liu2https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7819-3792Yawen Hu3Ming Cheng4https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7067-5666Li Jiang5State Key Laboratory of Robotics and System, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, ChinaState Key Laboratory of Robotics and System, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, ChinaState Key Laboratory of Robotics and System, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, ChinaState Key Laboratory of Robotics and System, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, ChinaState Key Laboratory of Robotics and System, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, ChinaState Key Laboratory of Robotics and System, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, ChinaFor transradial amputees, especially those with insufficient residual muscle activity, it is challenging to quickly obtain an appropriate grasping pattern for a multigrasp prosthesis. To address this problem, this study proposed a fingertip proximity sensor and a grasping pattern prediction method base on it. Rather than exclusively utilizing the EMG of the subject for the grasping pattern recognition, the proposed method used fingertip proximity sensing to predict the appropriate grasping pattern automatically. We established a five-fingertip proximity training dataset for five common classes of grasping patterns (spherical grip, cylindrical grip, tripod pinch, lateral pinch, and hook). A neural network-based classifier was proposed and got a high accuracy (96%) within the training dataset. We assessed the combined EMG/proximity-based method (PS-EMG) on six non-disabled subjects and one transradial amputee subject while performing the “reach-and-pick up” tasks for novel objects. The assessments compared the performance of this method with the typical pure EMG methods. Results indicated that non-disabled subjects could reach the object and initiate prosthesis grasping with the desired grasping pattern on average within 1.93 s and complete the tasks 7.30% faster on average with the PS-EMG method, relative to the pattern recognition-based EMG method. And the amputee subject was, on average, 25.58% faster in completing tasks with the proposed PS-EMG method relative to the switch-based EMG method. The results showed that the proposed method allowed the user to obtain the desired grasping pattern quickly and reduced the requirement for EMG sources.https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10049591/Hand prosthesisproximity sensorfingertip sensormyoelectric controlmultiple DOFsgrasping pattern
spellingShingle Bin Yang
Chunyuan Shi
Ziqi Liu
Yawen Hu
Ming Cheng
Li Jiang
Fingertip Proximity-Based Grasping Pattern Prediction of Transradial Myoelectric Prosthesis
IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering
Hand prosthesis
proximity sensor
fingertip sensor
myoelectric control
multiple DOFs
grasping pattern
title Fingertip Proximity-Based Grasping Pattern Prediction of Transradial Myoelectric Prosthesis
title_full Fingertip Proximity-Based Grasping Pattern Prediction of Transradial Myoelectric Prosthesis
title_fullStr Fingertip Proximity-Based Grasping Pattern Prediction of Transradial Myoelectric Prosthesis
title_full_unstemmed Fingertip Proximity-Based Grasping Pattern Prediction of Transradial Myoelectric Prosthesis
title_short Fingertip Proximity-Based Grasping Pattern Prediction of Transradial Myoelectric Prosthesis
title_sort fingertip proximity based grasping pattern prediction of transradial myoelectric prosthesis
topic Hand prosthesis
proximity sensor
fingertip sensor
myoelectric control
multiple DOFs
grasping pattern
url https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10049591/
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