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ProfessorDarioFarina

Faculty of Engineering, Department of Bioengineering

Chair in Neurorehabilitation Engineering
 
 
 
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RSM 4.15Royal School of MinesSouth Kensington Campus

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Citation

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@article{Clemente:2016:10.1109/THMS.2016.2611998,
author = {Clemente, F and Dosen, S and Lonini, L and Markovic, M and Farina, D and Cipriani, C},
doi = {10.1109/THMS.2016.2611998},
journal = {IEEE Transactions on Human-Machine Systems},
pages = {583--589},
title = {Humans Can Integrate Augmented Reality Feedback in Their Sensorimotor Control of a Robotic Hand},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/THMS.2016.2611998},
volume = {47},
year = {2016}
}
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TY  - JOUR
AB  - Tactile feedback is pivotal for grasping and manipulation inhumans. Providing functionally effective sensory feedback to prosthesesusers is an open challenge. Past paradigms were mostly based on vibroorelectrotactile stimulations. However, the tactile sensitivity on the targetedbody parts (usually the forearm) is greatly less than that of thehand/fingertips, restricting the amount of information that can be providedthrough this channel. Visual feedback is the most investigated techniquein motor learning studies, where it showed positive effects in learning bothsimple and complex tasks; however, it was not exploited in prosthetics dueto technological limitations. Here, we investigated if visual information providedin the form of augmented reality (AR) feedback can be integratedby able-bodied participants in their sensorimotor control of a pick-and-lifttask while controlling a robotic hand. For this purpose, we provided visualcontinuous feedback related to grip force and hand closure to the participants.Each variable was mapped to the length of one of the two ellipseaxes visualized on the screen of wearable single-eye display AR glasses.We observed changes in behavior when subtle (i.e., not announced to theparticipants) manipulation of the AR feedback was introduced, which indicatedthat the participants integrated the artificial feedback within thesensorimotor control of the task. These results demonstrate that it is possibleto deliver effective information through AR feedback in a compact andwearable fashion. This feedback modality may be exploited for deliveringsensory feedback to amputees in a clinical scenario.
AU  - Clemente,F
AU  - Dosen,S
AU  - Lonini,L
AU  - Markovic,M
AU  - Farina,D
AU  - Cipriani,C
DO  - 10.1109/THMS.2016.2611998
EP  - 589
PY  - 2016///
SN  - 2168-2291
SP  - 583
TI  - Humans Can Integrate Augmented Reality Feedback in Their Sensorimotor Control of a Robotic Hand
T2  - IEEE Transactions on Human-Machine Systems
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/THMS.2016.2611998
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/49548
VL  - 47
ER  -
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