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Surface Electromyography Image-Driven Torque Estimation of Multi-DoF Wrist Movements


Abstract:

Simultaneous and proportional control (SPC) using surface electromyography (sEMG) signals has become a prevailing solution for the intuitive control of prosthesis and hum...Show More

Abstract:

Simultaneous and proportional control (SPC) using surface electromyography (sEMG) signals has become a prevailing solution for the intuitive control of prosthesis and human–robot interaction. However, only time and frequency domain features are generally involved in conventional SPC algorithms, ignoring the globally spatial information across channels. In this article, we presented an instantaneous sEMG-image-based model for continuous estimation on multiple degrees of freedom wrist torques. Specifically, a convolutional neural network was used to extract features from sEMG-images, and then to estimate wrist torques. The results demonstrated that the sEMG-image-based model outperformed three conventional regression methods and a deep-learning-based method with superior performance on estimation accuracy and smoothness. Furthermore, we found a strong linear correlation between the first two principal components of extracted features and the recorded wrist torques, validating the effectiveness of the proposed approach. The outcomes open up a new perspective for SPC and potentially enhance the performance of myoelectric control in practical application.
Published in: IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics ( Volume: 69, Issue: 1, January 2022)
Page(s): 795 - 804
Date of Publication: 14 January 2021

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