Pub Date : 1900-01-01DOI: 10.1504/IJBBR.2015.10000406
F. Nardo, A. Mengarelli, E. Maranesi, L. Burattini, S. Fioretti
Surface electromyographic (sEMG) signal is commonly used as input information to control robotic systems. sEMG signals vary from person to person; gender is a factor influencing this variation. The aim of the study is to detect gender-related differences in sEMG activity of main three thigh muscles (rectus femoris, RF, biceps femoris, BF and vastus lateralis, VL) during walking at comfortable speed and cadence. Statistical analysis of sEMG signals, performed in seven male (M-group) and seven female (F-group) adults, showed clear gender-related differences in VL behaviour and no relevant differences in the behaviour of RF and BF. F-group, indeed, adopts a walking modality with a higher number of VL activations during gait cycle, compared to M-group. This suggests a female propensity for a more complex VL recruitment, during walking. This novel information suggests considering separate approaches for males and females, in providing electromyographic signals as input information to control robotic systems.
{"title":"Assessment of the surface electromyographic activity of thigh muscles in males and females","authors":"F. Nardo, A. Mengarelli, E. Maranesi, L. Burattini, S. Fioretti","doi":"10.1504/IJBBR.2015.10000406","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1504/IJBBR.2015.10000406","url":null,"abstract":"Surface electromyographic (sEMG) signal is commonly used as input information to control robotic systems. sEMG signals vary from person to person; gender is a factor influencing this variation. The aim of the study is to detect gender-related differences in sEMG activity of main three thigh muscles (rectus femoris, RF, biceps femoris, BF and vastus lateralis, VL) during walking at comfortable speed and cadence. Statistical analysis of sEMG signals, performed in seven male (M-group) and seven female (F-group) adults, showed clear gender-related differences in VL behaviour and no relevant differences in the behaviour of RF and BF. F-group, indeed, adopts a walking modality with a higher number of VL activations during gait cycle, compared to M-group. This suggests a female propensity for a more complex VL recruitment, during walking. This novel information suggests considering separate approaches for males and females, in providing electromyographic signals as input information to control robotic systems.","PeriodicalId":375470,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Biomechatronics and Biomedical Robotics","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123183654","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 1900-01-01DOI: 10.1504/IJBBR.2013.058736
Sayyed Farideddin Masoomi, S. Gutschmidt, Xiaoqi Chen, M. Sellier
One of the most attractive swimming characteristics of fishes is their efficient propulsion. In order to fully understand the kinematic, dynamic and fluid dynamic relationships that determine a high efficient fish, a mathematical model needs to be developed and analysed. Accordingly, in this paper, a fish robot with two degrees of freedom (DOF) is modelled. The robot’s dynamic equations of motion are presented and discussed. And the constant parameters of the equations are optimised using particle swarm optimisation (PSO) algorithm. Finally, the effects of optimised and non-optimised parameters on the robot behaviour is observed and analysed.
{"title":"Efficiency-based optimisation of a 2-DOF robotic fish model","authors":"Sayyed Farideddin Masoomi, S. Gutschmidt, Xiaoqi Chen, M. Sellier","doi":"10.1504/IJBBR.2013.058736","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1504/IJBBR.2013.058736","url":null,"abstract":"One of the most attractive swimming characteristics of fishes is their efficient propulsion. In order to fully understand the kinematic, dynamic and fluid dynamic relationships that determine a high efficient fish, a mathematical model needs to be developed and analysed. Accordingly, in this paper, a fish robot with two degrees of freedom (DOF) is modelled. The robot’s dynamic equations of motion are presented and discussed. And the constant parameters of the equations are optimised using particle swarm optimisation (PSO) algorithm. Finally, the effects of optimised and non-optimised parameters on the robot behaviour is observed and analysed.","PeriodicalId":375470,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Biomechatronics and Biomedical Robotics","volume":"26 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115678698","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 1900-01-01DOI: 10.1504/IJBBR.2013.058719
S. Dirven, Weiliang Xu, Leo K. Cheng, J. Allen, J. Bronlund
Textural and rheological characteristics of foods are known to profoundly affect the swallowing process. Food technologists continue to exploit this notion in the management of symptomatic swallowing disorders (dysphagia) where novel foods are designed to elicit more reliable transport characteristics. Currently, little is understood about the relationship between food bolus formulation and its flow-induced interactions with the swallowing tract. Experimentation of a medical nature in this field is extremely challenging, and may put patients at risk. In the rheological domain the deformation fields are dissimilar to that of the biological system. In response to these limitations, quantitative assessment of bolus transport by a novel rheometric testing device is proposed. This paper describes the inspiration for a biologically-inspired robotic swallowing device to be applied to address these issues. This will allow for an improved understanding of swallowing mechanics and food design in the engineering, medical, and food technology fields.
{"title":"Biologically-inspired swallowing robot for investigation of texture modified foods","authors":"S. Dirven, Weiliang Xu, Leo K. Cheng, J. Allen, J. Bronlund","doi":"10.1504/IJBBR.2013.058719","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1504/IJBBR.2013.058719","url":null,"abstract":"Textural and rheological characteristics of foods are known to profoundly affect the swallowing process. Food technologists continue to exploit this notion in the management of symptomatic swallowing disorders (dysphagia) where novel foods are designed to elicit more reliable transport characteristics. Currently, little is understood about the relationship between food bolus formulation and its flow-induced interactions with the swallowing tract. Experimentation of a medical nature in this field is extremely challenging, and may put patients at risk. In the rheological domain the deformation fields are dissimilar to that of the biological system. In response to these limitations, quantitative assessment of bolus transport by a novel rheometric testing device is proposed. This paper describes the inspiration for a biologically-inspired robotic swallowing device to be applied to address these issues. This will allow for an improved understanding of swallowing mechanics and food design in the engineering, medical, and food technology fields.","PeriodicalId":375470,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Biomechatronics and Biomedical Robotics","volume":"2 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128947139","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 1900-01-01DOI: 10.1504/IJBBR.2013.058738
M. Sorouri, V. Vyatkin, Shengquan Xie, Z. Salcic
Plug-and-play control design and interoperability of medical devices has now become a decisive mission of technological research. One of the reasons for these requirements is the ever increasing attention that the medical sector is paying these days to specific treatments each individual patient requires which mandates having medical devices that are customisable and, more importantly, are able to interact with each other to handle more complex tasks and, as well, avoid more risks. Currently, vendor-specific devices and proprietary communication systems have hindered clinical environments from thoroughly reaching these goals. Thus, this paper concentrates on the software development aspect of medical devices and proposes a novel approach for the development of distributed control logic for them using modular, reusable and interoperable software components based on the IEC 61499 function blocks (FB). This technology enables the control design of the entire application to be in one software tool and consequ...
{"title":"Plug-and-play design and distributed logic control of medical devices using IEC 61499 function blocks","authors":"M. Sorouri, V. Vyatkin, Shengquan Xie, Z. Salcic","doi":"10.1504/IJBBR.2013.058738","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1504/IJBBR.2013.058738","url":null,"abstract":"Plug-and-play control design and interoperability of medical devices has now become a decisive mission of technological research. One of the reasons for these requirements is the ever increasing attention that the medical sector is paying these days to specific treatments each individual patient requires which mandates having medical devices that are customisable and, more importantly, are able to interact with each other to handle more complex tasks and, as well, avoid more risks. Currently, vendor-specific devices and proprietary communication systems have hindered clinical environments from thoroughly reaching these goals. Thus, this paper concentrates on the software development aspect of medical devices and proposes a novel approach for the development of distributed control logic for them using modular, reusable and interoperable software components based on the IEC 61499 function blocks (FB). This technology enables the control design of the entire application to be in one software tool and consequ...","PeriodicalId":375470,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Biomechatronics and Biomedical Robotics","volume":"8 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125702569","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 1900-01-01DOI: 10.1504/IJBBR.2015.079330
S. Mathur, Manvinder Kaur, D. Bhatia, S. Verma
One of the most exciting recent advances in the neuroprosthetics field has been the application of biosignals in the design of functional electrical stimulation (FES) devices. This review discusses the different approaches in the field of functional electrical stimulation (FES) enabling control of human gait and address fundamental perquisites to enable FES walking systems to become safer, more practical, comfortable and therefore, clinically efficacious. In many forms of disability in humans due to paralysis, it appears possible to regain some measure of functional control of movement through direct electrical stimulation of paralysed muscles. This review provides a comprehensive overview of the advancements in clinical uses of functional electrical stimulation functional and therapeutic applications in subjects with spinal cord injury or stroke. Perspectives on future developments and clinical applications of FES are also presented herewith in this paper.
{"title":"Advancements in functional electrical stimulator technology","authors":"S. Mathur, Manvinder Kaur, D. Bhatia, S. Verma","doi":"10.1504/IJBBR.2015.079330","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1504/IJBBR.2015.079330","url":null,"abstract":"One of the most exciting recent advances in the neuroprosthetics field has been the application of biosignals in the design of functional electrical stimulation (FES) devices. This review discusses the different approaches in the field of functional electrical stimulation (FES) enabling control of human gait and address fundamental perquisites to enable FES walking systems to become safer, more practical, comfortable and therefore, clinically efficacious. In many forms of disability in humans due to paralysis, it appears possible to regain some measure of functional control of movement through direct electrical stimulation of paralysed muscles. This review provides a comprehensive overview of the advancements in clinical uses of functional electrical stimulation functional and therapeutic applications in subjects with spinal cord injury or stroke. Perspectives on future developments and clinical applications of FES are also presented herewith in this paper.","PeriodicalId":375470,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Biomechatronics and Biomedical Robotics","volume":"12 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116025290","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 1900-01-01DOI: 10.1504/IJBBR.2015.079373
Enrico Franco, M. Aurisicchio, M. Ristic
This article presents the design and control of a pneumatic needle positioner for laser ablation of liver tumours under guidance by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). The prototype was developed to provide accurate point-to-point remote positioning of a needle guide inside an MR scanner with the aim of evaluating the potential advantages over the manual procedure. In order to minimise alterations to the MR environment, the system employs plastic pneumatic actuators and 9 m long supply lines connecting with the control hardware located outside the magnet room. An improved sliding mode control (SMC) scheme was designed for the position control of the device. Wireless micro-coil fiducials are used for automatic registration in the reference frame of the MR scanner. The MRI-compatibility and the accuracy of the prototype are demonstrated with experiments in the MR scanner.
{"title":"Design and control of 3-DOF needle positioner for MRI-guided laser ablation of liver tumours","authors":"Enrico Franco, M. Aurisicchio, M. Ristic","doi":"10.1504/IJBBR.2015.079373","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1504/IJBBR.2015.079373","url":null,"abstract":"This article presents the design and control of a pneumatic needle positioner for laser ablation of liver tumours under guidance by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). The prototype was developed to provide accurate point-to-point remote positioning of a needle guide inside an MR scanner with the aim of evaluating the potential advantages over the manual procedure. In order to minimise alterations to the MR environment, the system employs plastic pneumatic actuators and 9 m long supply lines connecting with the control hardware located outside the magnet room. An improved sliding mode control (SMC) scheme was designed for the position control of the device. Wireless micro-coil fiducials are used for automatic registration in the reference frame of the MR scanner. The MRI-compatibility and the accuracy of the prototype are demonstrated with experiments in the MR scanner.","PeriodicalId":375470,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Biomechatronics and Biomedical Robotics","volume":"58 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133480529","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 1900-01-01DOI: 10.1504/ijbbr.2022.10051712
Mikhael Sayat, Dazzle Johnson, Kean Aw
{"title":"Harvesting Energy from Human Traffic","authors":"Mikhael Sayat, Dazzle Johnson, Kean Aw","doi":"10.1504/ijbbr.2022.10051712","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1504/ijbbr.2022.10051712","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":375470,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Biomechatronics and Biomedical Robotics","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116024287","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 1900-01-01DOI: 10.1504/IJBBR.2013.058740
N. Saga, Saeko Irie, Yasutaka Nakanishi, Hiroki Dobashi, A. Sogabe
This study has been conducted to measure human gait locomotion according to different lower extremity alignments, and to assess the alignment effects on knees and leg muscles. Subjects were separated into three groups by knee alignment as normal knee, genu varum, and genu valgum. We conducted a synchronisation experiment using motion capture, tactile sensor and muscle potential in order to investigate the effect of the muscle activity due to differences in the alignment of the knee, and we are considering the difference in the motion analysis during walking, ground reaction and EMG. The results, were differences in the EMG and walking motion by knee types.
{"title":"Effects of knee alignment on human gait based on wireless sensors","authors":"N. Saga, Saeko Irie, Yasutaka Nakanishi, Hiroki Dobashi, A. Sogabe","doi":"10.1504/IJBBR.2013.058740","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1504/IJBBR.2013.058740","url":null,"abstract":"This study has been conducted to measure human gait locomotion according to different lower extremity alignments, and to assess the alignment effects on knees and leg muscles. Subjects were separated into three groups by knee alignment as normal knee, genu varum, and genu valgum. We conducted a synchronisation experiment using motion capture, tactile sensor and muscle potential in order to investigate the effect of the muscle activity due to differences in the alignment of the knee, and we are considering the difference in the motion analysis during walking, ground reaction and EMG. The results, were differences in the EMG and walking motion by knee types.","PeriodicalId":375470,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Biomechatronics and Biomedical Robotics","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129979871","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 1900-01-01DOI: 10.1504/ijbbr.2022.10052413
K. Jayaraman, A. McDaid, Mei Ying Teo, S. Kandasamy
{"title":"A Review: Soft actuators for use in wearable devices and body-powered prosthesis","authors":"K. Jayaraman, A. McDaid, Mei Ying Teo, S. Kandasamy","doi":"10.1504/ijbbr.2022.10052413","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1504/ijbbr.2022.10052413","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":375470,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Biomechatronics and Biomedical Robotics","volume":"66 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122133351","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 1900-01-01DOI: 10.1504/ijbbr.2023.10054093
Chen Xue, Wenyu Wu, Xinyi Ye
{"title":"Research on Psychological Load of Drivers Based on Using On-Board Information System from Different Angles","authors":"Chen Xue, Wenyu Wu, Xinyi Ye","doi":"10.1504/ijbbr.2023.10054093","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1504/ijbbr.2023.10054093","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":375470,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Biomechatronics and Biomedical Robotics","volume":"25 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115067727","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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