The student has been working on the signal processing aspect of the myoelectric arm project. The role of the signal processing is to collect live data from a circuit board that is connected to the electrodes placed on the person’s arm.  First the person is guided through a series of hand motions while the device is attached. These include certain types of grips or movements like pointing. The data comes in as voltages which are then run through a series of algorithms or programs to classify the data. Once the data is classified then the subject should be able to move their hand more freely and the signal processor will recognize certain classes of movement.  Next post will be more about how the information from this research will be shared.

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