Abstract of Prof. Guoying Gu's Talk

Talk title: Soft Robotics Enables Neuroprosthetic Hand Design

Abstract: 

Development and implementation of neuroprosthetic hands is a multidisciplinary field at the interface between humans and artificial robotic systems, which aims at replacing the sensorimotor function of the upper-limb amputees as their own. Although prosthetic hand devices with myoelectric control can be dated back to more than 70 years ago, their applications with anthropomorphic robotic mechanisms and sensory feedback functions are still at a relatively preliminary and laboratory stage. In this talk, I will introduce our recent development on neuroprosthetic hands with the emerging and cutting-edge soft robotics, covering the soft and anthropomorphic prosthetic hand design and relating bidirectional neural interactions with myoelectric control and sensory feedback, in particular, in the context of daily applications. We further discuss future opportunities on soft Robotics for next generation neuroprostheses.