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An artificial arm/hand system with a haptic sensory function using electric stimulation of peripheral sensory nerve fibers | IEEE Conference Publication | IEEE Xplore

An artificial arm/hand system with a haptic sensory function using electric stimulation of peripheral sensory nerve fibers


Abstract:

We are currently developing an artificial arm/hand system which is capable of sensing stimuli and then transferring these stimuli to users as somatic sensations. Presentl...Show More

Abstract:

We are currently developing an artificial arm/hand system which is capable of sensing stimuli and then transferring these stimuli to users as somatic sensations. Presently, we are evoking the virtual somatic sensations by electrically stimulating a sensory nerve fiber which innervates a single mechanoreceptor unit at the target area; this is done using a tungsten microelectrode that was percutaneously inserted into the use's peripheral nerve (a microstimulation method). The artificial arm/hand system is composed of a robot hand equipped with a pressure sensor system on its fingers. The sensor system detects mechanical stimuli, which are transferred to the user by means of the microstimulation method so that the user experiences the stimuli as the corresponding somatic sensations. In trials, the system worked satisfactorily and there was a good correlation between the pressure applied to the pressure sensors on the robot fingers and the subjective intensities of the evoked pressure sensations.
Date of Conference: 03-07 July 2013
Date Added to IEEE Xplore: 26 September 2013
Electronic ISBN:978-1-4577-0216-7

ISSN Information:

PubMed ID: 24110391
Conference Location: Osaka, Japan

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