title: A simple highly efficient non invasive EMG-based HMI.
abstract: Muscle activity recorded non-invasively is sufficient to control a mobile robot if it is used in combination with an algorithm for its asynchronous analysis. In this paper, we show that several subjects successfully can control the movements of a robot in a structured environment made up of six rooms by contracting two different muscles using a simple algorithm. After a small training period, subjects were able to control the robot with performances comparable to those achieved manually controlling the robot.
authors.affiliation: ARTS Lab., Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Pisa, Italy. n.vitiello@sssup.it
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Vitiello
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Olcese
authors.forename: C M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Oddo
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Carpaneto
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Micera
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Carrozza
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Dario
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D001698:Biomedical Engineering; D004576:Electromyography / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D020342:Finite Element Analysis; D006801:Humans; D008328:Man-Machine Systems; D012371:Robotics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*