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Kinematic properties of human arm reaching movements in a three-dimensional space

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In this study, kinematic properties of human arm reaching movements have been analyzed by use of experimental results of arm trajectories observed in a three-dimensional (3D) space. In the beginning, hand paths obtained by the experiments are kinematically analyzed to pursue their linearity, and we successfully specify a plane on which a hand moves. In the next place, the hand speed profile is calculated by use of position data observed by the experiment in a 3D space. Besides, the hand speed profile is also analytically produced under the minimum jerk criterion with respect to the displacement along the hand path. These observed and produced trajectories are compared, and the similarity of two trajectories has been demonstrated. As a result of the analyses for path and the speed profile of a hand, kinematic properties of human arm trajectories have been identified.

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  1. National Institute of Technology, Tomakomai College, Tomakomai, Japan

    Tadashi Kashima, Keita Sugawara & Ayumi Mitoh

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Kashima, T., Sugawara, K. & Mitoh, A. Kinematic properties of human arm reaching movements in a three-dimensional space. Artif Life Robotics 23, 41–47 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10015-017-0395-9

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