EMG Controlled Modular Prosthetic Hand–Design and Prototyping

Suddaby, Alexander; Iqbal, Jamshed

Abstract

Prosthetic hands can be essential for those without a biological hand(s) to accomplish everyday tasks but the cost, of up to tens of thousands, keeps them out of reach for many people. This paper reports on the development of a low-cost affordable and adaptable 3D printed modular prosthetic hand. The prosthetic is also able to adapt to many different users through the use of electromyographic sensors; a neural network and a genetic algorithm built into the software. In addition, if the user gains muscular definition in their forearm, the system can be retrained to adapt. The final product is a 3D printed, motorized, prosthetic hand, with interchangeable motors and fingers costing less than £400 to produce. Preliminary experiments with the developed prototype indicate that the presented hand has a great potential in prostheses.

Citation

Suddaby, A., & Iqbal, J. (2023). EMG Controlled Modular Prosthetic Hand–Design and Prototyping. In X. Yang, R. S. Sherratt, N. Dey, & A. Joshi (Eds.), Proceedings of Eighth International Congress on Information and Communication Technology : ICICT 2023 (97-107). Singapore: Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-3043-2_8

• Acceptance Date: Oct 31, 2022
• Online Publication Date: Sep 1, 2023
• Publication Date: Sep 1, 2023
• Deposit Date: Sep 13, 2023
• Publicly Available Date: Sep 2, 2025
• Publisher: Springer
• Pages: 97-107
• Series Title: Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems
• Series Number: 695
• Book Title: Proceedings of Eighth International Congress on Information and Communication Technology : ICICT 2023
• ISBN: 9789819930425
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-3043-2_8
• Keywords: Robotics; Prostheses; Electromyography; Artificial intelligence
• Public URL: https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4387259
• Publisher URL: https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-981-99-3043-2_8