Publications by authors named "Beth Rispoli"
Article Synopsis
- Researchers explored the effectiveness of biomimetic (natural movement) vs. arbitrary (unrelated movement) control strategies in training users to operate a bionic hand.
- Both training methods improved bionic limb control and increased users' sense of embodiment, but biomimetic users had quicker success initially.
- Findings suggest that an ideal training approach may blend aspects of both strategies, tailored to individual needs and training conditions for better overall control.
A longstanding engineering ambition has been to design anthropomorphic bionic limbs: devices that look like and are controlled in the same way as the biological body (biomimetic). The untested assumption is that biomimetic motor control enhances device embodiment, learning, generalization, and automaticity. To test this, we compared biomimetic and non-biomimetic control strategies for able-bodied participants when learning to operate a wearable myoelectric bionic hand.
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