Description
Time-varying kinetic synergies in the angular velocity of joints to control human-machine interfaces in prosthetic or assistive devices. Human machine interfaces are limited by the number of independent control signals that can be obtained to control higher degrees of freedom prosthetic or assistive devices. A new method is proposed here using task-specific temporal postural synergies, which enable controlling higher degrees of freedom of, for example a robotic hand with 20 joints, using control signals with less than 3-4 degrees of freedom.
IP Status
https://patents.google.com/patent/US9034055B2