Maestro: An EMG-driven assistive hand exoskeleton for spinal cord injury patients

Youngmok Yun; Sarah Dancausse; Paria Esmatloo; Alfredo Serrato; Curtis A. Merring; Priyanshu Agarwal; Ashish D. Deshpande

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Maestro: An EMG-driven assistive hand exoskeleton for spinal cord injury patients

Youngmok Yun, Sarah Dancausse, Paria Esmatloo, Alfredo Serrato, Curtis A. Merring, Priyanshu Agarwal, Ashish D. Deshpande

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Abstract

In this paper, we present an electromyography (EMG)-driven assistive hand exoskeleton for spinal-cord-injury (SCI) patients. We developed an active assistive orthosis, called Maestro, which is light, comfortable, compliant, and capable of providing various hand poses. The EMG signals are obtained from a subject's forearm, post-processed, and classified for operating Maestro. The performance of Maestro is evaluated by a standardized hand function test, called the Sollerman hand function test. The experimental results show that Maestro improved the hand function of the SCI patients.

BibTeX

@inproceedings{icra2017_maestroanemgdriv,
  title = {Maestro: An EMG-driven assistive hand exoskeleton for spinal cord injury patients},
  author = {Youngmok Yun and Sarah Dancausse and Paria Esmatloo and Alfredo Serrato and Curtis A. Merring and Priyanshu Agarwal and Ashish D. Deshpande},
  booktitle = {ICRA 2017},
  year = {2017}
}