Title :
Effect of vibrotactile feedback on an EMG-based proportional cursor control system
Author :
Shunchong Li ; Xingyu Chen ; Dingguo Zhang ; Xinjun Sheng ; Xiangyang Zhu
Author_Institution :
State Key Lab. of Mech. Syst. & Vibration, Shanghai Jiao Tong Univ., Shanghai, China
Abstract :
Surface electromyography (sEMG) has been introduced into the bio-mechatronics systems, however, most of them are lack of the sensory feedback. In this paper, the effect of vibrotactile feedback for a myoelectric cursor control system is investigated quantitatively. Simultaneous and proportional control signals are extracted from EMG using a muscle synergy model. Different types of feedback including vibrotactile feedback and visual feedback are added, assessed and compared with each other. The results show that vibrotactile feedback is capable of improving the performance of EMG-based human machine interface.
Keywords :
biomechanics; electromyography; feature extraction; feedback; man-machine systems; mechatronics; medical control systems; medical signal processing; physiological models; EMG signal extraction; EMG-based human machine interface; EMG-based proportional cursor control system; biomechatronics system; muscle synergy model; myoelectric cursor control system; proportional control signal; sensory feedback; simultaneous control signal; surface electromyography; vibrotactile feedback; visual feedback; Conferences; Electromyography; Muscles; Prosthetics; Vibrations; Visualization; Wrist;
Conference_Titel :
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC), 2013 35th Annual International Conference of the IEEE
Conference_Location :
Osaka
DOI :
10.1109/EMBC.2013.6610189
