ArticleScience robotics2019
Restoring Tactile sensations via neural interfaces for real-time force-and-slippage closed-loop control of bionic hands.
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64 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 181 citations in OpenAlex.
- Artificial referred sensation in upper and lower limb prosthesis users: a systematic review.Journal of neural engineering · 2022Pooled it
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- Full-Stack Architectures for Intelligent Brain-Computer Interfaces.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026Review
- Advances in neuroprostheses: interfaces, materials, and applications.Nano convergence · 2026Review
- Shared human-machine control of an intelligent bionic hand improves grasping and decreases cognitive burden for transradial amputees.Nature communications · 2025Article
- Performance-Recoverable Closed-Loop Neuroprosthetic System.Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.) · 2025Article
- The Next Frontier in Neuroprosthetics: Integration of Biomimetic Somatosensory Feedback.Biomimetics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Assessing the utility of Regenerative Peripheral Nerve Interfaces (RPNIs) in providing referred sensations in a functional task in a virtual environment.IEEE transactions on medical robotics and bionics · 2025Article
- Examining the physical and psychological effects of combining multimodal feedback with continuous control in prosthetic hands.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Bioinspired trajectory modulation for effective slip control in robot manipulation.Nature machine intelligence · 2025Article
- Restoring Somatotopic Sensory Feedback in Lower Limb Amputees through Noninvasive Nerve Stimulation.Cyborg and bionic systems (Washington, D.C.) · 2025Article
- Self-Powered Multimodal Tactile Sensing Enabled by Hybrid Triboelectric and Magnetoelastic Mechanisms.Cyborg and bionic systems (Washington, D.C.) · 2025Article
- Biomimetic Strategies of Slip Sensing, Perception, and Protection in Prosthetic Hand Grasp.Biomimetics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Sensory integration for neuroprostheses: from functional benefits to neural correlates.Medical & biological engineering & computing · 2024Review
- Human tactile sensing and sensorimotor mechanism: from afferent tactile signals to efferent motor control.Nature communications · 2024Article
- A Sensory Feedback Neural Stimulator Prototype for Both Implantable and Wearable Applications.Micromachines · 2024Article
- Recent Advances in Tactile Sensory Systems: Mechanisms, Fabrication, and Applications.Nanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- Neural population dynamics reveals disruption of spinal circuits' responses to proprioceptive input during electrical stimulation of sensory afferents.Cell reports · 2024Article
- Biohybrid Robotic Hand to Investigate Tactile Encoding and Sensorimotor Integration.Biomimetics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- First-in-human demonstration of floating EMG sensors and stimulators wirelessly powered and operated by volume conduction.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation · 2024Article
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Abstract
Despite previous studies on the restoration of tactile sensation on the fingers and the hand, there are no examples of use of the routed sensory information to finely control the prosthesis hand in complex grasp and manipulation tasks. Here it is shown that force and slippage sensations can be elicited in an amputee subject by means of biologically-inspired slippage detection and encoding algorithms, supported by a stick-slip model of the performed grasp. A combination of cuff and intraneural electrodes was implanted for eleven weeks in a young woman with hand amputation, and was shown to provide close-to-natural force and slippage sensations, paramount for significantly improving the subject's manipulative skills with the prosthesis. Evidence is provided about the improvement of the subject's grasping and manipulation capabilities over time, thanks to neural feedback. The elicited tactile sensations enabled the successful fulfillment of fine grasp and manipulation tasks with increasing complexity. Grasp performance was quantitatively assessed by means of instrumented objects and a purposely developed metrics. Closed-loop control capabilities enabled by the neural feedback were compared to those achieved without feedback. Further, the work investigates whether the described amelioration of motor performance in dexterous tasks had as central neurophysiological correlates changes in motor cortex plasticity and whether such changes were of purely motor origin, or else the effect of a strong and persistent drive of the sensory feedback.
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