Surface Electromyography (EMG)-based pattern recognition methods have been
investigated over the past years as a means of controlling upper limb prostheses. Despite …

Despite recent advances in robot-assisted training, the benefits of haptic guidance on motor
(re) learning are still limited. While haptic guidance may increase task performance during …

In recent years, several studies have investigated upper-limb motion in a variety of scenarios
including motor control, physiology, rehabilitation and industry. Such applications assess …

Introduction Stroke survivors often compensate for the loss of motor function in their distal
joints by altered use of more proximal joints and body segments. Since this can be …

Different tactile interfaces have been proposed to represent either text (braille) or, in a few
cases, tactile large-area screens as replacements for visual displays. None of the …

Background This study evaluated breast tissue stiffness measured by ultrasound
elastography and the percent breast density measured by magnetic resonance imaging to …

Nature evolved many ways to grasp objects without using hands: elephants, octopuses, and
monkeys use highly dexterous appendices. From a roboticist's perspective, the elephant …

Objectives Sufficient trials of acupuncture manipulations should be practiced to obtain
proficiency. However, there is not an adequate quantitative methodology for selecting a …

In order to provide therapy in a functional context, controls for wearable robotic orthoses
need to be robust and intuitive. We have previously introduced an intuitive, user-driven …

The rheological properties of porcine heart, kidney, liver and brain were measured using
dynamic oscillatory shear tests over a range of frequencies and shear strains. Frequency …