Intelligent Control of Cybernetic Below-Elbow Prosthesis

  • Edge C. Yeh (Professor) ;
  • Wen Ping (Graduate Student Department of Power Mechanical Engineering) ;
  • Chan, Rai-Chi (SEction Chief, Department of Neurorehabilitation) ;
  • Tseng, Chi-Ching (Director, Rehabilitation Center Taipei Veterans General Hospital, TAipei, Taiwan, R. O. C.)
  • Published : 1993.06.01

Abstract

In this paper, an intelligent control scheme with multi-stage fuzzy inference is developed for a myoelectric prosthesis to achieve natural control with tactile feedback based on fuzzy control strategies. Strain gauges and a potentiometer are added to the prosthesis for tactile feedback with a PWM motor driver developed to save the battery power. According to the multi-stage fuzzy inference, the prosthesis can determine the stiffness of the object and hold an object without injuring it, meanwhile, the hysteresis phenomenon is an 80196KC single-chip microcontroller to replace the original controller.

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