Soft actuators for soft robotic applications: A review

N El-Atab, RB Mishra, F Al-Modaf… - Advanced Intelligent …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Soft robotics technologies are paving the way toward robotic abilities which are vital for a
wide range of applications, including manufacturing, manipulation, gripping, human …

Sensory feedback for limb prostheses in amputees

S Raspopovic, G Valle, FM Petrini - Nature Materials, 2021 - nature.com
Commercial prosthetic devices currently do not provide natural sensory information on the
interaction with objects or movements. The subsequent disadvantages include …

Toward higher-performance bionic limbs for wider clinical use

D Farina, I Vujaklija, R Brånemark, AMJ Bull… - Nature biomedical …, 2023 - nature.com
Most prosthetic limbs can autonomously move with dexterity, yet they are not perceived by
the user as belonging to their own body. Robotic limbs can convey information about the …

Neurorobotic fusion of prosthetic touch, kinesthesia, and movement in bionic upper limbs promotes intrinsic brain behaviors

PD Marasco, JS Hebert, JW Sensinger, DT Beckler… - Science robotics, 2021 - science.org
Bionic prostheses have restorative potential. However, the complex interplay between
intuitive motor control, proprioception, and touch that represents the hallmark of human …

Biomimetic intraneural sensory feedback enhances sensation naturalness, tactile sensitivity, and manual dexterity in a bidirectional prosthesis

G Valle, A Mazzoni, F Iberite, E D'Anna, I Strauss… - Neuron, 2018 - cell.com
Peripheral intraneural stimulation can provide tactile information to amputees. However,
efforts are still necessary to identify encoding strategy eliciting percepts that are felt as both …

A neural interface provides long-term stable natural touch perception

DW Tan, MA Schiefer, MW Keith, JR Anderson… - Science translational …, 2014 - science.org
Touch perception on the fingers and hand is essential for fine motor control, contributes to
our sense of self, allows for effective communication, and aids in our fundamental perception …

Neuroprosthetics: from sensorimotor to cognitive disorders

A Gupta, N Vardalakis, FB Wagner - Communications biology, 2023 - nature.com
Neuroprosthetics is a multidisciplinary field at the interface between neurosciences and
biomedical engineering, which aims at replacing or modulating parts of the nervous system …

An osseointegrated human-machine gateway for long-term sensory feedback and motor control of artificial limbs

M Ortiz-Catalan, B Håkansson… - Science translational …, 2014 - science.org
A major challenge since the invention of implantable devices has been a reliable and long-
term stable transcutaneous communication. In the case of prosthetic limbs, existing …

A closed-loop hand prosthesis with simultaneous intraneural tactile and position feedback

E D'Anna, G Valle, A Mazzoni, I Strauss, F Iberite… - Science Robotics, 2019 - science.org
Current myoelectric prostheses allow transradial amputees to regain voluntary motor control
of their artificial limb by exploiting residual muscle function in the forearm. However, the …

A review of sensory feedback in upper-limb prostheses from the perspective of human motor control

JW Sensinger, S Dosen - Frontiers in neuroscience, 2020 - frontiersin.org
This manuscript reviews historical and recent studies that focus on supplementary sensory
feedback for use in upper limb prostheses. It shows that the inability of many studies to …