Original Articles: 2015 Vol: 7 Issue: 4
Analyzing EMG and MMG signals for MMG driven bionic arm
Abstract
Artificial limbs that are used for amputees have mostly been body powered. This paper emphasizes on the development and analysis of MMG and EMG signals and designing a bionic arm that utilizes MMG signals that would reduce the stress level, the patient/user suffers with a body powered arm. The MMG-driven prosthesis is composed of specialized hardware and software modules that emulate a conventional 1-site electromyography sensing system. The objective of this work is to obtain the muscle signals using a suitable sensor and using the signal, driving the bionic arm.