Readings

Summer 2023

The readings listed on this page are intended to provide background on  the development of HUGS SmartSuite technologies. Related work done by other researchers is also linked.  Navigate to HUGS Papers for a full list of all our published work over the past 4 years.

OUR WORK

Home Assessment of Grasp Force in Infants

• This was our first publication (conference paper) on HUGS (2019)

A Hand Use and Grasp Sensor System in Monitoring Infant Fine Motor Development

• • This article is the study HUGS just published on grasp force in typically developing infants as captured by HUGS1 (2022)

Development of Grip Strength Measuring Systems for Infants

• • Technical paper on the development of a grasp measurement system for infants (2016)
    
    

INTERESTING WORK BY OTHERS

Quantifying Infant Physical Interactions using Sensorized Toys in a Natural Play Environment

• • Shares design considerations for measuring infant grasp. (Conference Paper, nd)

Ailu: An Affordable Sensorized Toy for Detection of Neuro and Motor Delays in Infants

• Contains possibly useful information on  materials, weight and size considerations (nd, c 2019)

CareToy: An Intelligent Baby Gym

• • The initial description of CareToy. This was a large, EU effort to automate early intervention as well as detection of neuromotor delay (2016)

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