Title :
Teleoperated muscle-powered micro gripper controlled by electromyogram
Author :
Kabumoto, K. ; Toyama, K. ; Hoshino, T. ; Morishima, K.
Author_Institution :
Tokyo Univ. of Agric. & Technol., Tokyo, Japan
Abstract :
We have fabricated a muscle-powered micro gripper controlled by electromyogram (EMG) signals as one step toward development of a teleoperated micromanipulator. We utilized human muscles EMG signals as the master control and tissue-engineered skeletal muscles as the slave actuator. This muscle-to-muscle interface for master-slave control is useful for improvement of teleoperated micromanipulation. We designed the SU-8 micro gripper and fabricated tissue-engineered skeletal muscles which have similar properties to natural muscles. Moreover, we successfully teleoperated the displacement of the muscle-powered micro gripper with EMG signals of a human.
Keywords :
actuators; electromyography; grippers; medical control systems; micromanipulators; telecontrol; tissue engineering; SU-8 microgripper; electromyogram signal control; human muscle EMG signals; master-slave control; muscle-to-muscle interface; slave actuator; teleoperated micromanipulation; teleoperated micromanipulator; teleoperated muscle-powered microgripper; tissue-engineered skeletal muscles; Actuators; Electromyography; Force; Grippers; Master-slave; Muscles;
Conference_Titel :
Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS), 2011 IEEE 24th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Cancun
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-9632-7
DOI :
10.1109/MEMSYS.2011.5734666
