New Control Tech**logy to Improve Prosthetic Arm Movement
 

New Control Tech**logy to Improve Prosthetic Arm Movement
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At Simon Fraser University in British Columbia, Canada researchers are working on improving the movement of an already highly advanced robotic prosthetic arm. The bebionic arm*from*RSLSteeper, a UK firm, has five independent fingers, but the interface and how its controlled is what the researchers are trying to improve so that movement is more natural, responsive, and feels a bit more like a real arm.

The M.A.S.S. Impact (Muscle Activity Sensor Strip) team at SFU has developed a stick-on electrode device that measures the electrical activity within the remaining muscles around the stump. These are recorded by the electrode array and converted by **vel software developed at the SFU lab, which uses techniques that improve its performance as the arm is used more and more.

The tech**logy originally came from attempts to rehabilitate stroke patients, but found use in prosthetic research.

The team will be participating in the*Cybathlon this coming October*where athletes using advanced prostheses will compete in a variety of tasks.

Here’s an SFU report about the new upper prosthetic control tech**logy:





Via:*SFU…

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