SoftBoMI: a non-invasive wearable body-machine interface for mapping movement of shoulder to commands.

Customized human-machine interfaces for controlling assistive devices are vital in improving the self-help ability of upper limb amputees and tetraplegic patients. Given that most of them possess residual shoulder mobility, using it to generate commands to operate assistive devices can serve as a complementary approach to brain-computer interfaces.We propose a hybrid body-machine interface prototype that integrates soft sensors and an inertial measurement unit.