Analysis Of A Low-Cost Sensor Towards An Emg-Based Robotic Exoskeleton Controller

dc.contributor.authorBauer, Georgeta
dc.contributor.authorPan, Ya-Jun
dc.contributor.authorAdamson, Robert
dc.date.accessioned2018-11-08T19:37:35Z
dc.date.available2018-11-08T19:37:35Z
dc.date.issuedMay-18
dc.description.abstractThis paper describes the evaluation of the MyoWare Electromyographic (EMG) sensor performance during a typical end-use application to help determine if it could be used for an EMG-based controller of an upper-limb robotic exoskeleton. Tests were conducted to study the signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) and a series of experiments were performed to determine the sensor’s capability of capturing key EMG signal features while a subject performed bicep curls. LabVIEW was used for data collection and processing, and Matlab was used for statistical analysis. The results revealed that the SNR was between 10dB and 33dB for the average peak root mean square (RMS) EMG, and between 1dB and 27dB for the average voluntary contraction (AVC) EMG which – except for one case – were all above the acceptable level in the field. The validation of the sensor performance showed a correlation consistent with literature between the force exerted and the RMS EMG signal under both dynamic and static loading. These initial results indicate that the MyoWare EMG sensor could be used in a more advanced robotic exoskeleton EMG-based controller beyond its current popular use as an EMG-level threshold-based ON/OFF switch.en_US
dc.identifierCSME153
dc.identifier.isbn978-1-77355-023-7
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10315/35358
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.25071/10315/35358
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherCSME-SCGMen_US
dc.rights.uriThe copyright for the paper content remains with the author.
dc.subjectRobots and Controlen_US
dc.subjectBiomechanics and Biomedical Engineeringen_US
dc.subjectMechatronicsen_US
dc.subjectElectromyographyen_US
dc.subjectEMGen_US
dc.subjectMuscleen_US
dc.subjectmMyosignalsen_US
dc.subjectUpper limben_US
dc.subjectRobotic exoskeletonen_US
dc.titleAnalysis Of A Low-Cost Sensor Towards An Emg-Based Robotic Exoskeleton Controlleren_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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