The HyVE: Hybrid vibro-electrotactile stimulation for sensory feedback in upper limb prostheses

Marco D’Alonzo*, Strahinja Dosen, Christian Cipriani, Dario Farina

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Abstract

This work presents preliminary experiments using a new hybrid vibro-electrotactile interface named HyVE. It integrates vibrotactile with electrotactile stimulation over the same physical location, and it is thus able to provide a dual-modality sensory feedback on the body site where it is applied. Since HyVE was envisioned as a feedback system for prosthetic limbs, as a first step, we investigated the capability of human subjects to discriminate the properties of the two stimulation types when they are delivered simultaneously. Preliminary results are very promising: nine subjects were able to discriminate 9 stimuli (combinations of 3 electro- and 3 vibro-tactile stimuli) with a mean success rate of 70 %. These results suggest that a hybrid interface can be used to implement two parallel information channels in a compact way. This could be exploited for the closed loop control of an upper limb prosthesis.

OriginalsprogEngelsk
TitelConverging Clinical and Engineering Research on Neurorehabilitation
Antal sider5
ForlagSpringer Publishing Company
Publikationsdato1 jan. 2013
Sider385-389
DOI
StatusUdgivet - 1 jan. 2013
Udgivet eksterntJa
NavnBiosystems and Biorobotics
Vol/bind1
ISSN2195-3562

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