The University of Texas System

University of Louisville Research Foundation, Inc

Joshua R Baptist

Dan O Popa

Fahad Mirza

Sumit Kumar Das

J Paul Carpenter

Oguz Yetkin

Lena C Wallace

Joseph D Sanford

Roopak Karulkar

Mohammad Nasser Saadatzi

Zhong Yang

Ruoshi Zhang

Systems and methods for manual gesture recognition to control prosthetic devices. Low encumbrance systems utilizing glove-based recognition to control prosthetic devices. Prosthetic control systems and methods are also provided utilizing elements for application on the user's fingernails.

Systems, apparatuses and methods for controlling prosthetic devices by gestures and other modalities

A robot skin apparatus includes polymer membranes encapsulating a pressure sensor. The sensor includes piezo-sensitive material in contact with a pair of electrodes in spaced relationship to form a circuit. The apparatus may include a flexible substrate, with the electrodes thereon. The piezo-sensitive material may be piezoresistive film. The electrodes may be symmetrically patterned on the substrate to form a substantially circular peripheral boundary. The apparatus may include pressure sensors on opposite sides of a plane for temperature compensation, a plurality of pressure sensors arrayed on the substrate, and a data acquisition system. A method of fabricating the apparatus includes a wet lithography process for patterning the piezoresistive film. A system includes a pair of gripper fingers, an actuator connected to the fingers, a robot skin apparatus positioned on one of the fingers, and an electronic unit for receiving data from the robot skin and controlling the fingers.

Robot skin apparatus, method of fabricating a robot skin apparatus, and a system including a robot skin apparatus

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Louisville, KY, United States of America

Joshua R Baptist