Hand Prosthesis Sensorimotor Control Inspired by the Human Somatosensory System

E Stefanelli, F Cordella, C Gentile, L Zollo - Robotics, 2023 - mdpi.com
Prosthetic hand systems aim at restoring lost functionality in amputees. Manipulation and
grasping are the main functions of the human hand, which are provided by skin sensitivity …

A novel method for vibrotactile proprioceptive feedback using spatial encoding and Gaussian interpolation

A Marinelli, N Boccardo, M Canepa… - IEEE Transactions …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Objective: The bidirectional communication between the user and the prosthesis is an
important requirement when developing prosthetic hands. Proprioceptive feedback is …

The need to work arm in arm: calling for collaboration in delivering neuroprosthetic limb replacements

AM Karczewski, AM Dingle, SO Poore - Frontiers in Neurorobotics, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Over the last few decades there has been a push to enhance the use of advanced
prosthetics within the fields of biomedical engineering, neuroscience, and surgery. Through …

Object stiffness recognition and vibratory feedback without ad-hoc sensing on the Hannes prosthesis: A machine learning approach

G Bruni, A Marinelli, A Bucchieri, N Boccardo… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Introduction In recent years, hand prostheses achieved relevant improvements in term of
both motor and functional recovery. However, the rate of devices abandonment, also due to …

Temporal and spatial characteristics of bone conduction as non-invasive haptic sensory feedback for upper-limb prosthesis

RM Mayer, A Mohammadi, Y Tan, G Alici… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Bone conduction is a promising haptic feedback modality for upper-limb prosthesis users,
however, its potential and characteristics as a non-invasive feedback modality have not …

Users' and therapists' perspectives on the design of extended reality environments to train prosthesis control: A narrative review and focus group

SG Rozevink, A Murgia, RM Bongers… - Technology and …, 2025 - journals.sagepub.com
Background Extended reality (XR) has previously been used to train control of upper limb
prostheses. It is however unclear what characteristics an XR environment should have in …

[HTML][HTML] Sensory Feedback of Grasp Security by Direct Neural Stimulation Improves Amputee Prediction of Object Slip

AB Smiles, EJ Earley, N Jiang, M Ortiz-Catalan - Prosthesis, 2024 - mdpi.com
Background: Prostheses are becoming more advanced and biomimetic with time, providing
additional capabilities to their users. However, prosthetic sensation lags far behind its …

Compound motion decoding based on sEMG consisting of gestures, wrist angles, and strength

X Zhang, Z Lu, C Fan, Y Wang, T Zhang, H Li… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
This study aimed to highlight the demand for upper limb compound motion decoding to
provide a more diversified and flexible operation for the electromyographic hand. In total, 60 …

Performance assessment of thermal sensors for hand prostheses

E Stefanelli, M Sperduti, F Cordella… - IEEE Sensors …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Amputees using prostheses have a loss of somatosensory functions that should be restored
to ensure a more stable grasp, slippage prevention, and protection from unbearable stimuli …

On the efficiency of haptic based object identification: Determining where to grasp to get the most distinguishing information

Y Xia, A Mohammadi, Y Tan, B Chen… - Frontiers in Robotics …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Haptic perception is one of the key modalities in obtaining physical information of objects
and in object identification. Most existing literature focused on improving the accuracy of …