Agent-based control of a multifunction myoelectric prosthesis

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