Augmenting Human Manipulation Abilities with Supernumerary Robotic Limbs

Irfan Hussain, Domenico Prattichizzo (Autoren)

Buch | Softcover

XIII, 145 Seiten

2021 | 1st ed. 2020
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-030-52004-5 (ISBN)

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This book offers a timely report on an emerging topic in the field of wearable assistive technology: the design and development of robotic extra fingers. After a concise review of the state of the art and a description of earlier prototypes, it discusses the authors' efforts to address issues such as portability and wearability of the devices, including strategies to reduce fatigue and to integrate the motion of the extra fingers with that of the human hand. The book also explores optimized control algorithms and the design of wearable sensorimotor interfaces, and presents a set of tests carried out on healthy subjects and chronic stroke patients. Merging concepts from robotics, biomechanics, human factors and control theory and offering an overview of supernumerary robotic fingers, including the challenges, this book will inspire researchers involved in the development of wearable robotic devices and interfaces based on the principles of wearability, safety, ergonomics and user comfort.

lt;b> Dr. Hussain is an assistant professor in Mechanical Engineering department at Khalifa University (KU), Abu Dhabi, UAE. He received his PhD degree in robotics from University of Siena, Italy. His research interests include Supernumerary (Extra) Robotic limbs, Medical Robotics, SoftRobotic hands, Complaint Manipulators, Exoskeletons and prosthesis.
Prof. Prattichizzo is a professor of robotics at the University of Siena, Siena, Italy, and since 2009 he is a Scientific Consultant at Istituto Italiano di Tecnoloogia, Genova, Italy. In 1994, he was a Visiting Scientist at the MIT AI Lab. He received the Ph.D. degree in robotics and automation from the University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy, in 1995. His research interests are in Supernumerary (Extra) Robotic limbs, haptics, grasping, visual servoing, mobile robotics and geometric control.

Introduction.- Enhancing human hand manipulation abilities through supernumerary robotic fingers.- Compensating hand function in chronic stroke patients through the supernumerary robotic finger.- Design and development of soft supernumerary robotic fingers for grasp compensation in chronic stroke patients.- Wearable sensory motor interfaces for supernumerary robotic fingers.- Wearable EMG interfaces for motion control of supernumerary robotic fingers.- From grasp compensation towards hemiparetic upper limb rehabilitation.- Conclusions and future work.

Erscheinungsdatum	20.07.2021
Reihe/Serie	Biosystems & Biorobotics
Zusatzinfo	XIII, 145 p. 77 illus., 72 illus. in color.
Verlagsort	Cham
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 235 mm
Gewicht	256 g
Themenwelt	Informatik ► Software Entwicklung ► User Interfaces (HCI)
	Informatik ► Theorie / Studium ► Künstliche Intelligenz / Robotik
	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Physiotherapie / Ergotherapie ► Orthopädie
	Technik
Schlagworte	EMG -Based Interface • EMG –Based Interface • Human Augmentation • Human Hand Motion • Interfacing Extra Robotic Fingers • Robotic Extra Finger • Robotic Grasping • Soft Robotic Finger • Soft Sixth Finger • Vibrotactile Haptic Feedback • Wearable Assistive Technology • Wearable Haptic Interfaces • Wearable Haptic Ring • wearable robotics • Wearable Sensory Interface
ISBN-10	3-030-52004-8 / 3030520048
ISBN-13	978-3-030-52004-5 / 9783030520045
Zustand	Neuware