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Muscle stiffness sensor to control an assistance device for the disabled

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An innovative sensor has been developed as a man–machine interface to control an assistance device for people with disabilities. This sensor is applied to a mechanical glove that has a grasping function, and its usefulness is demonstrated through experiments. The sensor is attached to the operator’s skin and detects noninvasively how much the muscle under the sensor has stiffened.

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  1. Faculty of Engineering, Nagasaki University, 1-14 Bunkyo-machi, Nagasaki, 852-8521, Japan

    Shunji Moromugi, Seigo Ariki, Akira Okamoto & Takakazu Ishimatsu

  2. Daihen Co., Osaka, Japan

    Yasuhiro Koujina

  3. Department of Mechanical Engineering and Intelligent Systems, University of Electro-Communications, Tokyo, Japan

    Takayuki Tanaka

  4. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA

    Maria Q. Feng

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  1. Shunji Moromugi
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  2. Yasuhiro Koujina
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Correspondence to Shunji Moromugi.

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This work was presented in part at the 8th International Symposium on Artificial Life and Robotics, Oita, Japan, January 24–26, 2003

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Moromugi, S., Koujina, Y., Ariki, S. et al. Muscle stiffness sensor to control an assistance device for the disabled. Artif Life Robotics 8, 42–45 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10015-004-0286-8

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