Abstract
In order to appear more natural there will be need in the future for prosthetic limbs to move in a more life-like and less mechanical manner. In this study, the motion of living limbs was characterized and formulated for the control of mechanical limbs. Trajectories of human elbow joints performing a blind reaching motion were digitized and smoothed using an A/D converter on a personal computer. Waveforms for position over time were recorded and velocity and acceleration waveforms derived from them. Trajectories were normalized with respect to time and amplitude and a polynomial curve and its first two derivatives fitted to them. Finally, the human trajectories are compared to that of a robotic arm controlled by a biologically based algorithm using artificial nerve cells.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Title of host publication | 1993 IEEE 19th Annual Northeasrt Bioengineering Conference |
| Publisher | Publ by IEEE |
| Pages | 116-118 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| ISBN (Print) | 0780309251 |
| State | Published - 1993 |
| Event | Proceedings of the 1993 IEEE 19th Annual Northeast Bioengineering Conference - Newark, NJ, USA Duration: Mar 18 1993 → Mar 19 1993 |
Other
| Other | Proceedings of the 1993 IEEE 19th Annual Northeast Bioengineering Conference |
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| City | Newark, NJ, USA |
| Period | 3/18/93 → 3/19/93 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- General Chemical Engineering