Prosthesis hand design - Part I: Virtual hand simulator

Geylani S., Şenyer N., Oktaş R.

2009 International Conference on Application of Information and Communication Technologies, AICT 2009, Baku, Azerbaijan, 14 - 16 October 2009, (Full Text) identifier

  • Publication Type: Conference Paper / Full Text
  • Doi Number: 10.1109/icaict.2009.5372557
  • City: Baku
  • Country: Azerbaijan
  • Keywords: Electromyogram (EMG) signal, Hand modeling, Prosthetic hand, Virtual hand
  • Ondokuz Mayıs University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Advances in bioengineering have led to increasingly sophisticated prosthetic devices for amputees and paralyzed individuals. In this work, a virtual human hand (VHH) is designed for prosthesis use and described in details. EMG-driven VHH is to be made of open source code, low cost, modular and flexible in structure. The custom-made nature of VHH allows us to refine and develop it further to mimic human hand in a greater degree. Commercial prostheses manufacturers readily use EMG-based virtual hand simulator to train the limb deficit people before a real prostheses is being adapted to them. Therefore, VHH is to design to mimic a human hand in terms of appearence and motion dynamic. The developed VHH will be used a part of EMG-based hand simulator in future works. ©2009 IEEE.