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Biologically Inspired Control Mechanisms with Application to Anthropomorphic Control of Myoelectric Upper-Limb Prostheses

Kent, Benjamin A
http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9034-3717
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=akron1505091317897427

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2017, Doctor of Philosophy, University of Akron, Mechanical Engineering.
The implications of an upper limb deficiency, whether congenital or acquired, are great. Much research has been devoted to restoring these persons to a greater level of functionality, manifesting itself in a wide range of prosthetic devices that offer various levels of control, cosmesis, and utility. Recent efforts in this endeavor have ushered in a new generation of externally powered dexterous prosthetic hands and limbs that have great potential in helping to achieve this goal. Despite these improvements in mechanical dexterity, the ability to fully utilize this increased dexterity in an intuitive and robust way is lacking. Lack of such a control interface creates a circular problem in the area of upper limb prosthetic devices, where manufacturers of such devices have little incentive to provide improved dexterity for want of a sufficient control interface, and lack of more dexterous manipulators stifles the development of such a control interface that has real world practicality. The current study aims to bridge this gap via the development and testing of biologically inspired control mechanisms to increase the functionality of such devices in an intuitive and anthropomorphic manner.
Erik Engeberg, PhD (Advisor)
Celal Batur, PhD (Committee Member)
Forrest Bao, PhD (Committee Member)
Jiang Zhe, PhD (Committee Member)
Henry Astley, PhD (Committee Member)
270 p.
Biomedical Engineering; Engineering; Robotics
upper-limb prostheses; electromyogram; biologically-inspired control; sliding mode control;

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  • Kent, B. A. (2017). Biologically Inspired Control Mechanisms with Application to Anthropomorphic Control of Myoelectric Upper-Limb Prostheses [Doctoral dissertation, University of Akron]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=akron1505091317897427

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Kent, Benjamin. Biologically Inspired Control Mechanisms with Application to Anthropomorphic Control of Myoelectric Upper-Limb Prostheses. 2017. University of Akron, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=akron1505091317897427.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Kent, Benjamin. "Biologically Inspired Control Mechanisms with Application to Anthropomorphic Control of Myoelectric Upper-Limb Prostheses." Doctoral dissertation, University of Akron, 2017. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=akron1505091317897427

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