Agent-based control of a multifunction myoelectric prosthesis

Author

De Vincenzo, C.V. ; da Cunha, F.L. ; Schneeheli, H.A. ; Bastos, T.F. ; Dynnikov, V.I.

Author_Institution

Fed. Univ. of Espirito Santo, Vitoria, ES, Brazil

Volume

3

fYear

2000

fDate

2000

Firstpage

2398

Abstract

The difficulty of operation and the limitation of movements that myoelectric prostheses can accomplish, besides the aesthetic aspect, influence the acceptance of upper limb myoelectric prostheses by their users. In this work, an agent-based control architecture is applied to a multifunction myoelectric prosthesis. The period of the patient´s adaptation and the acceptance degree are improved in relation to the conventional control prosthesis, where the patient does not have control of forms of holding, applied force, and seizing configurations

Keywords

artificial limbs; biocontrol; electromyography; medical signal processing; multi-agent systems; pattern recognition; sensor fusion; agent-based control; hand prosthesis control; movement limitation; multifunction myoelectric prosthesis; patient acceptance; pattern recognition; signal fusion; upper limb prostheses; Electrodes; Electronic mail; Force control; Gain; Hardware; Open loop systems; Pattern recognition; Prosthetics; Signal generators; Silver;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2000. Proceedings of the 22nd Annual International Conference of the IEEE

Conference_Location

Chicago, IL

ISSN

1094-687X

Print_ISBN

0-7803-6465-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IEMBS.2000.900629

Filename

900629