Real-time haptic-teleoperated robotic system for motor control analysis

J Neurosci Methods. 2006 Mar 15;151(2):194-9. doi: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2005.07.009. Epub 2005 Sep 8.

Abstract

A versatile teleoperated robotic system was created as an assessment device for testing upper-extremity motor control adaptation using different control strategies. While many systems display output virtually on a computer monitor, this system was designed to output in three-dimensional physical space. The system accepts haptic force and torque input, and outputs robot end-effector displacements and rotations in three spatial dimensions. Benefits of this system include flexibility to conduct a variety of dissimilar tasks and reality of user feedback in physical space. Two separate experiments validated the teleoperated robotic system. The first experiment tested unimanual human motor control and the second tested bimanual motor control. This teleoperated robotic system can be used as an assessment device to study neuromuscular adaptability via a variety of control strategies providing a new and functional approach to human motor control analysis.

Publication types

  • Evaluation Study
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.
  • Validation Study

MeSH terms

  • Arm / physiology
  • Biomechanical Phenomena / instrumentation*
  • Biomechanical Phenomena / methods
  • Computer Systems
  • Equipment Design
  • Equipment Failure Analysis
  • Feedback / physiology
  • Humans
  • Man-Machine Systems*
  • Motor Skills / physiology*
  • Movement / physiology*
  • Physical Stimulation / instrumentation
  • Physical Stimulation / methods
  • Robotics / instrumentation*
  • Robotics / methods
  • Software
  • Task Performance and Analysis
  • Touch / physiology*
  • User-Computer Interface*