- Abstract:
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The state-of-the-art in distal upper-extremity prostheses is an underactuated hand with few degrees of control. Consequently, physiological acceptance and hand dexterity are compromised. We hypothesise that a fundamentally limiting aspect of the amputee's learning process is the lack of sensory feedback. In this technical report we present an idealised experimental setup in which we will address this hypothesis under a variety of hand control and artificial sensory feedback methods, regarding the healthy human hand as a gold standard. Treating the resulting prosthesis as a model of the healthy hand, we we will attempt to answer some interesting open questions in human sensorimotor control. We will use the closed-loop device as a novel manipulandum which, unlike in healthy individuals, can be independently deprived of proprioception, exteroception and control at a fine temporal granularity.
- Copyright:
- 2009 by The University of Edinburgh. All Rights Reserved
- Links To Paper
- No links available
- Bibtex format
- @Misc{EDI-INF-RR-1321,
- author = {
Ian Saunders
and Sethu Vijayakumar
},
- title = {A Closed-Loop Prosthetic Hand: The Development of a Novel Manipulandum for Understanding Sensorimotor Learning.},
- year = 2009,
- month = {Mar},
- }
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