Title :
An evolvable hardware chip for prosthetic hand controller
Author :
Kajitani, Isamu ; Murakawa, Masahiro ; Nishikawa, Daisuke ; Yokoi, Hiroshi ; Kajihara, Nobuki ; Iwata, Masaya ; Keymeulen, Didier ; Sakanashi, Hidenori ; Higuchi, Tetsuya
Author_Institution :
Doctoral Program in Eng., Tsukuba Univ., Ibaraki, Japan
Abstract :
This paper describes an Evolvable Hardware (EHW) chip, and the application of this chip as a controller for a myoelectric prosthetic hand. The chip consists of Genetic Algorithm (GA) hardware, reconfigurable hardware logic, a chromosome memory, a training data memory, and a 16-bit CPU core (NEC V30). This paper also briefly introduces other EHW chips being developed as part of the Ministry of International Trade and Industry´s (MITI) Real World Computing Project (RWCP), which include an analogue EHW chip for cellular phones, a neural network EHW chip capable of autonomous reconfiguration, and a data compression EHW chip for electrophotographic printers
Keywords :
bioelectric potentials; computerised control; genetic algorithms; microcontrollers; prosthetics; 16 bit; CPU core; NEC V30; analogue EHW chip; autonomous reconfiguration; cellular phones; chromosome memory; data compression EHW chip; electrophotographic printers; evolvable hardware chip; genetic algorithm hardware; myoelectric prosthetic hand; neural network EHW chip; prosthetic hand controller; reconfigurable hardware logic; training data memory; Analog computers; Biological cells; Computer industry; Genetic algorithms; Hardware; International trade; National electric code; Prosthetic hand; Reconfigurable logic; Training data;
Conference_Titel :
Microelectronics for Neural, Fuzzy and Bio-Inspired Systems, 1999. MicroNeuro '99. Proceedings of the Seventh International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Granada
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-0043-9
DOI :
10.1109/MN.1999.758862
