Project description
A semi-autonomous prosthetic hand like no other
Current prosthetic hands have limited functionality and do not fully mimic the extraordinary capabilities of a healthy human hand. Despite significant progress, there are still drawbacks in terms of functionality and reliability. More intelligent prosthetic hardware may change this situation. In this context, the EU-funded HAND project aims to develop methods for creating prosthetic hands that are semi- (or potentially even completely) autonomous and can interact in an intelligent way with both the user and any object. To this end, the project will observe in unprecedented detail human grasping behaviours and apply sensor technology, data processing units and AI algorithms. The semi-autonomous prosthetic hands will be enormously advanced in comparison with the conventional myoelectric human–machine interface.
Objective
The human hand is an incredibly complex system with a huge spectrum of functionality. Hands are essential not only to interact with different objects daily, but also necessary for social interactions, such as communication and arts. The loss of a hand is a terrific traumatic experience regardless to any gender or ethnicity, usually followed by significant psychological and rehabilitation challenges. The interaction between engineering and science has, for a long time, made efforts to restore the functionality of a lost limb. Although enormous progress has been reached, there are still serious drawbacks in terms of functionality and reliability due to the conventional myoelectric human-machine interface (e.g. electromyography sensors placed on the skin of the residual limb) and to prostheses simply not up to the task. Unfortunately, this is reflected in a too high rejection rate of prosthetic devices. The current situation can change if efforts are spent on the development of more intelligent prosthetic hardware. This project has the mission to develop methods for creating prosthetic hands which are semi (or potentially even completely) autonomous from the conventional myoelectric human-machine interface. This will be achieved by observing in unprecedented detail the human grasping behaviours and exploiting modern sensor technology, efficient data processing units, and artificial intelligence algorithms. Semi-autonomous prosthetic hands can be a game changer, ultimately converting the conventional view of a prosthetic hand from a tool to a more complex device that interacts in an intelligent fashion with the user and any object.
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- social sciences sociology anthropology ethnology
- engineering and technology electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering electronic engineering sensors
- medical and health sciences medical biotechnology implants
- natural sciences computer and information sciences data science data processing
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H2020-EU.1.3. - EXCELLENT SCIENCE - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions
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H2020-EU.1.3.2. - Nurturing excellence by means of cross-border and cross-sector mobility
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MSCA-IF - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowships (IF)
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(opens in new window) H2020-MSCA-IF-2020
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56127 Pisa
Italy
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