• 융합신호처리학회논문지
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• 제19권3호
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• pp.110-117
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• 2018

의수나 의족장치 개발은 전 세계적으로 꾸준히 이루어지고 있으며, 사람의 손과 똑같이 만들어 내거나 감각을 느끼게 하는 것은 힘들겠지만, 물건을 집거나 몇 가지 움직임을 마음먹은 대로 할 수 있다면 절단 장애인들에게는 큰 도움이 될 것이다. 3D프린팅 기술의 발달로 저렴한 의수개발이 가능해졌으며, 이러한 추세에 맞추어 개인맞춤형 의수를 비슷한 가격에 개발할 수 있다면 활용도 및 보급률이 훨씬 높아질 것이다. 본 논문에서는 3D프린팅을 이용하여 사용자 맞춤형 의수를 개발하는 방법에 대해 기술한다. 이를 위해 의수 외형 모델링의 변형수치를 가변값으로 추출하고, 의수 동작을 제어하는 기능을 소프트웨어 디자인 패턴을 이용하여 설계한다. 이를 통해 의수를 필요로 하는 사람들이 각자 원하는 자신만의 의수를 빠르고 저렴한 가격에 갖출 수 있도록 한다.

• 로봇학회논문지
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• 제18권4호
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• pp.367-375
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• 2023

Most partial hand amputees experience limited wrist movement, which hinders the efficient functioning of upper limb, affecting hand-to-use coordination and the usability of the prosthetic hand. This limitation can lead to secondary musculoskeletal issues due to repetitive compensatory movement patterns. However, current partial hand prosthetic lack rotational wrist movement due to challenges in accommodating various hand shapes and limited space. In our study, we proposed a prosthetic hand with a wrist rotation module for partial hand amputees, aiming to reduce compensatory movement. To validate the proposed wrist rotation module, we conducted motion analysis during reach-to-grasp task. Furthermore, during the Jebsen-Taylor hand function test, we evaluated both the effect on upper limb movement and the usability of the prosthetic hand, comparing configurations with and without the wrist rotation module. The results showed that the prosthetic hand equipped with rotational wrist movements reduces compensatory movements and promotes efficient upper limb movement patterns. This finding highlights the value of incorporating a wrist rotation module in prosthetic hands to improve upper limb movement for partial hand amputees.

• 제어로봇시스템학회논문지
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• 제17권12호
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• pp.1248-1255
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• 2011

In daily life, another major role of human hand is a communicative function using hand gestures besides grasp function. Therefore, if amputees can express their intention by the prosthetic hand, they can much actively participate in social activities. Thus, this paper propose myoelectric multi-function prosthetic hand which can express 6 useful hand gestures such as Rock, Scissors, Paper, Indexing, Ok and Thumb-up. It was designed as under-actuated structure to minimize volume and weight of the prosthetic hand. Moreover, in order to effectively control various hand gestures by only two EMG sensors, we propose a control strategy that the signal type are expanded as "Strong" and "Light", and hand gestures are hierarchically classified for the intuitive control. Finally, we prove the validity of the developed prosthetic hand with the experiment.

• 대한기계학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한기계학회 2004년도 춘계학술대회
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• pp.858-863
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• 2004

In this study, the new prosthetic hand which can perform sensory feedback is developed. Although the continuous development of current prosthetic hands, they have some drawbacks. The drawbacks are the low grasping capabilities, the lack of sensory information given to the user, and so on. Despite the improvement of the function of fingers, the sensory information problem still remains undeveloped. By using differential gear and underactuated mechanical design, it can be solved with the minimum additional weight. And it will be applied to all of the prosthetic hands.

• 대한전자공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전자공학회 2003년도 하계종합학술대회 논문집 V
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• pp.2733-2736
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• 2003

This paper proposes a dry-type active surface EMG electrode for the myoelectric prosthetic hand. The designed electrode is small size for embedding in the socket of prosthetic hand, and it has three leads including the reference of signal. To acquire EMG signal rejected the power noise, a precision differential amplifier and various filters such as the band pass filter band rejection filter, low pass and high pass filter are embedded on the electrode. The final output of the electrode is integrated absolute EMG (IEMG) obtained by full rectifier and moving average circuits. From experimental results using the implemented dry-type active surface EMG electrode, the proposed electrode is feasible for the myoelectric prosthetic hand.

• 한국정밀공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국정밀공학회 2010년도 춘계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.965-966
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• 2010

• 한국정밀공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국정밀공학회 2008년도 춘계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.871-872
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• 2008

• 한국정밀공학회지
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• 제32권10호
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• pp.851-856
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• 2015

This study aimed to develop a sensory feedback system which could measure force and temperature for the user of myoelectric prosthetic hands. The Sensory measurement module consisted of a force sensing resistor to measure forces and non-contact infrared temperature sensor. These sensors were attached on the fingertips of the myoelectric prosthetic hand. The module was validated by using standard weights corresponding to external force and a Peltier module. Sensory transmission module consisted of four vibration motors. Eight vibration patterns were generated by combining motion of each vibration motor and were dependent on kinds and/or magnitude. The module was verified by using standard weigts and water at varying temperatures. There were correlations of force and temperature between the sensory measurement module and standard weight and water. Additionally, exact vibration patterns were generated, indicating the efficacy of the sensory feedback system for the myoelectric prosthetic hand.

• 제어로봇시스템학회논문지
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• 제17권8호
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• pp.824-832
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• 2011

An essential consideration to differentiate prosthetic hand from robot hand is its convenience and usefulness rather than high resolution or multi-function of the robot hand. Therefore, this study proposes a myoelectric hand with a 2 DOF auto wrist module which has 6 essential functions of the human hand such as open, grasp, pronation, supination, extension, flexion, which improves the convenience of the daily life. It consists of the 3 main parts, the myoelectric sensor for input signal without additional attachment to operate the prosthetic hand, hand mechanism with high-torqued auto-transmission mechanism and self-locking module which guarantee the safety under the abrupt emergency and minimum power consumption, and dual threshold based controller to make easy for adopting the multi-DOF myoelectric hand. We prove the validity of the proposed system with experimental results.

• 문화기술의 융합
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• 제9권4호
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• pp.393-399
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• 2023

상지 절단 장애인은 미관 목적과 기능적 필요성에 의하여 상지 의지를 착용하며, 특히 양손 절단자인 경우 잡는 동작 즉 파지동작이 가능한 근전 전동의수의 착용이 필수적이다. 잔존 근육의 근전도 신호에 의하여 작동하는 근전 전동의수는 산업재해보상보험의 공적보험 급여 품목이며, 사용자의 안전과 제품 성능의 유효성에 대한 시험 방법 표준의 개발이 필요하다. 본 연구에서는 상지 전동의수의 잡는 힘 즉 파지력을 로드셀을 이용하여 측정하고 반복 동작으로 인한 내구성을 근접센서를 이용하여 시험하기 위한 내구성 시험 장치를 개발하고 그 시험 방법의 표준을 제안한다. 아직까지 국제 표준화 기구 ISO(International Standardization Organization)의 시험 표준이 제정되지 않은 상태이므로 향후 전동의수 시험 표준 분야에서 한국의 선도적인 역할을 할 수 있을 것으로 기대된다.