Abstract
Hand amputees experience with strenuous daily life challenges, often leading them to use a life-long prosthetic hand(s) and services. Modern advanced prosthetic hands demand capability to provide human hand-like sensory perceptions to receive external stimuli during daily activities while simultaneously replicating realistic appearance and physical properties to help them integrate into social contexts naturally, yet its practical realization is impeded by a lack of effective methodologies. Here, we present an optimal set of materials, design layouts and fabrication scheme to construct easy-to-wear seamless electronic glove (e-glove) suitable for arbitrary hand shapes, which provides all of the desired human hand-like features. The system configuration involves connecting to a control wristwatch unit for real-time display of measured sensory data and remote transmission to the user. Experimental and computational studies provide details into the underlying principles of materials selection, mechanics design, and operational management of the entire system. Demonstration of the e-glove system in interactions with human subjects illustrates the utility, comfort and convenience.
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@article{Kim2019,
title = {Soft-packaged sensory glove system for human-like natural interaction and control of prosthetic hands},
author = {Min Ku Kim and Ramviyas Parasuraman and Liu Wang and Yeonsoo Park and Bongjoong Kim and Seung Jun Lee and Nanshu Lu and Byung-Cheol Min and Chi Hwan Lee},
url = {https://www.nature.com/articles/s41427-019-0143-9},
doi = {10.1038/s41427-019-0143-9},
year = {2019},
date = {2019-11-01},
journal = {NPG Asia Materials },
volume = {11},
number = {43},
abstract = {Hand amputees experience with strenuous daily life challenges, often leading them to use a life-long prosthetic hand(s) and services. Modern advanced prosthetic hands demand capability to provide human hand-like sensory perceptions to receive external stimuli during daily activities while simultaneously replicating realistic appearance and physical properties to help them integrate into social contexts naturally, yet its practical realization is impeded by a lack of effective methodologies. Here, we present an optimal set of materials, design layouts and fabrication scheme to construct easy-to-wear seamless electronic glove (e-glove) suitable for arbitrary hand shapes, which provides all of the desired human hand-like features. The system configuration involves connecting to a control wristwatch unit for real-time display of measured sensory data and remote transmission to the user. Experimental and computational studies provide details into the underlying principles of materials selection, mechanics design, and operational management of the entire system. Demonstration of the e-glove system in interactions with human subjects illustrates the utility, comfort and convenience.},
note = {Nature Publishing Group},
keywords = {assistive devices, prosthetic},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {article}
}