Learning human reach-to-grasp strategies: Towards EMG-based control of robotic arm-hand systems

Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 2287-2292

  Liarokapis, Minas V ^a   Artemiadis, Panagiotis K ^b   Katsiaris, Pantelis T ^a   Kyriakopoulos, Kostas J ^a   Manolakos, Elias S ^c  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b Arizona State University   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Boxplot Zones; Classification; ElectroMyoGraphy (EMG); Learning Scheme; Muscular Co Activation Patterns; Random Forests; Synergistic Profiles

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ACTIVATION; CLASSIFICATION (OF INFORMATION); COORDINATION REACTIONS; DECISION TREES; EFFICIENCY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; ROBOTIC ARMS;

CO ACTIVATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHIC; EMG-BASED CONTROL; LEARNING SCHEMES; RANDOM FORESTS; ROBOTIC ARM-HAND SYSTEMS; SWITCHING MECHANISM; SYNERGISTIC PROFILES;

ROBOTICS;

EID: 84864495491     PISSN: 10504729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICRA.2012.6225047     Document Type: Conference Paper

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