Advanced human–machine interfaces render robotic devices applicable to study and
enhance human cognition. This turns robots into formidable neuroscientific tools to study …

Spinal cord injury has a major impact on both the individual and society. This damage can
cause permanent loss of sensorimotor functions, leading to structural and functional …

Objective. Body-Machine Interfaces (BoMIs) establish a way to operate a variety of devices,
allowing their users to extend the limits of their motor abilities by exploiting the redundancy …

In the past, linear dimensionality-reduction techniques, such as Principal Component
Analysis, have been used to simplify the myoelectric control of high-dimensional prosthetic …

Background: The recovery of upper limb mobility and functions is essential for people with
cervical spinal cord injuries (cSCI) to maximize independence in daily activities and ensure …

Dimensionality reduction techniques have proven useful in simplifying complex hand
kinematics. They may allow for a low-dimensional kinematic or myoelectric interface to be …

Implanted motor neuroprostheses offer significant restoration of function for individuals with
spinal cord injury. Providing adequate user control for these devices is a challenge but is …

Background Body-machine interfaces map movements onto commands to external devices.
Redundant motion signals derived from inertial sensors are mapped onto lower-dimensional …

Objective Upper limb function is a high priority for people with cervical spinal cord injury
(SCI). This case report describes an application of technology to activate spared neural …

In this document, I demonstrate that: 1) Linear basis functions cannot outperform nonlinear
ones to represent hand kinematics 2) Nonlinear autoencoders outperform PCA on the …