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SVM based simultaneous hand movements classification using sEMG signals

  • Feifei Bian
  • , Ruifeng Li*
  • , Peidong Liang
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Prediction of motion volitions is a practical issue in control of artificial limbs. Four classifiers are investigated in this paper to discriminate simultaneous hand movements based on pattern recognition of surface electromyographic (sEMG) signals. A sEMG signal processing tube composed of feature extraction, feature reduction and movements classification is proposed for offline myoelectric pattern recognition. Previous research was mainly devoted to individual hand movements classification. In this paper, several common tools are used for definition of movements. The results show that Support Vector Machine (SVM) outperforms the other three classifiers on both accuracy and model-training time. The user-depend classification accuracy reaches as high as 92.25% while the accuracy of user-independent is about 80%. The proposed classification method is a promising candidate to be used in prosthetic control for a rehabilitation robot in the future.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2017 IEEE International Conference on Mechatronics and Automation, ICMA 2017
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages427-432
Number of pages6
ISBN (Electronic)9781509067572
DOIs
StatePublished - 23 Aug 2017
Event14th IEEE International Conference on Mechatronics and Automation, ICMA 2017 - Takamatsu, Japan
Duration: 6 Aug 20179 Aug 2017

Publication series

Name2017 IEEE International Conference on Mechatronics and Automation, ICMA 2017

Conference

Conference14th IEEE International Conference on Mechatronics and Automation, ICMA 2017
Country/TerritoryJapan
CityTakamatsu
Period6/08/179/08/17

Keywords

  • Feature reduction
  • Rehabilitation robot
  • SEMG
  • SVM
  • Simultaneous hand movements

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