Title
Reach-to-grasp motions: Towards a dynamic classification approach for upper-limp prosthesis
Abstract
During reach-to-grasp motions, the Electromyo-graphic (EMG) activity of the arm varies depending on motion stage. The variability of the EMG signals results in low classification accuracy during the reaching phase, delaying the activation of the prosthesis. To increase the efficiency of the pattern-recognition system, we investigate the muscle activity of four individuals with below-elbow amputation performing reach-to-grasp motions and segment the arm-motion into three phases with respect to the extension of the arm. Furthermore, we model the dynamic muscle contractions of each class with Gaussian distributions over the different phases and the overall motion. We quantify of the overlap among the classes with the Hellinger distance and notice larger values and, thus, smaller overlaps among the classes with the segmentation to motion phases. A Linear Discriminant Analysis classifier with phase segmentation affects positively the classification accuracy by 6 - 10% on average.
Year
DOI
Venue
2019
10.1109/NER.2019.8717110
2019 9th International IEEE/EMBS Conference on Neural Engineering (NER)
Keywords
Field
DocType
reach-to-grasp motions,dynamic classification approach,upper-limp prosthesis,motion stage,EMG signals results,low classification accuracy,reaching phase,muscle activity,arm-motion,motion phases,electromyographic activity
Prosthesis,Computer vision,GRASP,Computer science,Human–computer interaction,Artificial intelligence,Limp
Conference
ISSN
ISBN
Citations 
1948-3546
978-1-5386-7922-7
0
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.34
3
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Iason Batzianoulis141.44
A Simon220.78
Levi J Hargrove343842.47
Aude Billard43316254.98