Curriculum Vitaes
Profile Information
- Affiliation
- Associate Professor, Faculty of Engineering, Department of Electrical, Electronic and Information Engineering, Osaka Sangyo University
- Degree
- Dr.-Ing(Jun, 2008, ミュンヘン工科大学)
- J-GLOBAL ID
- 201601015960353944
- researchmap Member ID
- B000250980
Research Areas
1Research History
2Education
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Apr, 1994 - Mar, 1996
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Apr, 1990 - Mar, 1994
Papers
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The 12th international Convention on Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology (i-CREATe 2018), Shanghai, China, 14-16 July 2018, Jul, 2018 Peer-reviewed
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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ADVANCED ROBOTIC SYSTEMS, 14(5), Sep, 2017 Peer-reviewedThis article proposes a virtual hand and a virtual training system for controlling the MyoBock-the most commonly used myoelectric prosthetic hand worldwide. As the virtual hand is controlled using the method also adopted for the MyoBock hand, the proposed system provides upper-limb amputees with operation sensibilities similar to those experienced in MyoBock control. It can also display an additional virtual hand for the provision of instructions on hand operation, such as the recommended posture for object grasping and the trajectory desirable to reach a target. In virtual hand control experiments conducted with an amputee to evaluate the proposed virtual hand's operability, the subject successfully performed stable opening and closing with high discrimination rates (89.3 +/- 6.65%), thanks to the virtual hand's incorporation of the MyoBock's operational characteristics. A training experiment using the proposed system was also conducted with eight healthy participants over a period of 5 days. The participants were asked to perform the box and block test using the MyoBock hand in a real environment on the first and final days. The results showed that the number of blocks transported in 1 min significantly increased and that the participants using the instruction virtual hand changed the orientation of the hand approaching blocks from vertical to lateral. The outcomes of the experiment indicate that the proposed system can be used to improve MyoBock hand control operation both quantitatively and qualitatively.
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JRNAL, 4(1) 22-27, Jun, 2017 Peer-reviewed
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リハ工学カンファレンス講演論文集(CD-ROM), 35th, 2021
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日本機械学会ロボティクス・メカトロニクス講演会講演論文集(CD-ROM), 2017 ROMBUNNO.2P1‐P08-P08, May 9, 2017<p>This paper is described about the design and operation evaluation of the skeleton type electric prosthetic hand for mass production purpose. Through changing an electric motor unit from a servomotor to a linear step motor in order to reduce power consumption against the previous prosthetic hand [4] [5] and through changing the initial shape of the glove were achieved. Then a user-evaluation was performed in order to check grip shape against various forms of objects. It was confirmed that the new prosthetic hand can realize various grips according to objects with various shaped as like as previous skeleton type prosthetic hand.</p>
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電子情報通信学会大会講演論文集(CD-ROM), 2017 ROMBUNNO.BS‐6‐5, Mar 7, 2017
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The Proceedings of JSME annual Conference on Robotics and Mechatronics (Robomec), 2017 2P1-P08, 2017<p>This paper is described about the design and operation evaluation of the skeleton type electric prosthetic hand for mass production purpose. Through changing an electric motor unit from a servomotor to a linear step motor in order to reduce power consumption against the previous prosthetic hand [4] [5] and through changing the initial shape of the glove were achieved. Then a user-evaluation was performed in order to check grip shape against various forms of objects. It was confirmed that the new prosthetic hand can realize various grips according to objects with various shaped as like as previous skeleton type prosthetic hand.</p>
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日本機械学会ロボティクス・メカトロニクス講演会講演論文集(CD-ROM), 2016 ROMBUNNO.2P1‐01b4, Jun 8, 2016
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大阪産業大学論集 自然科学編, 126(126) 1‐10-10, Feb 29, 2016We discuss the development method of a simple myoelectric prosthetic hand by using the two type digital fabrication machines, which are a three dimensional printer and a laser cutting machine. The performance of both machines to developing the prosthetic hand is compared in terms of the difficulty of manufacturing and assembly, experimentally. Results demonstrated these digital fabrication capabilities of the prosthetic hand.
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Journal of Osaka Sangyo University. Natural sciences, 126 1-10, Feb, 2016We discuss the development method of a simple myoelectric prosthetic hand by using the two type digital fabrication machines, which are a three dimensional printer and a laser cutting machine. The performance of both machines to developing the prosthetic hand is compared in terms of the difficulty of manufacturing and assembly, experimentally. Results demonstrated these digital fabrication capabilities of the prosthetic hand.
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Journal of the Robotics Society of Japan, 34(6) 404-410, 2016This paper proposes an interactive training system for control of myoelectric prostheses. The proposed training system is capable of selecting suitable motions (EMG patterns) for each user by eliminating ineffective ones, and can also provide consistency between user's motor images and the corresponding prosthetic movements using a virtual prosthetic hand (VH). In the experiments performed, a one-day training session using the proposed system was conducted with nine healthy males (including an experienced) and an upper limb amputee. In addition, EMG discrimination ability of each subject during VH control without any feedback information was evaluated before and after the training to verify the training effects of the proposed system. The results showed that the discrimination rates for selected motions were sufficiently high (98.9 ± 1.24%) by using the proposed selection method, and the accuracy in discrimination for VH control was significantly improved after training (for healthy subjects and the amputee at the 0.1% and 1% level, respectively). It is therefore confirmed that the proposed system can be used for myoelectric prosthesis control training.
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The Proceedings of JSME annual Conference on Robotics and Mechatronics (Robomec), 2016 2P1-01b4, 2016<p>In this paper a skeleton type electric powered prosthetic hand is presented. This prosthetic hand has ability to grasp an object with adaptive prehension according to its form. Its finger can be moved similarly to the bending of the fingers of a person. 4 Fingers of this electric powered prosthetic hand can be controlled by conventional 2-channel electrode system through controlling of only one servomotor.</p>
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Journal of the Robotics Society of Japan, 34(6) 404-410, 2016This paper proposes an interactive training system for control of myoelectric prostheses. The proposed training system is capable of selecting suitable motions (EMG patterns) for each user by eliminating ineffective ones, and can also provide consistency between user's motor images and the corresponding prosthetic movements using a virtual prosthetic hand (VH). In the experiments performed, a one-day training session using the proposed system was conducted with nine healthy males (including an experienced) and an upper limb amputee. In addition, EMG discrimination ability of each subject during VH control without any feedback information was evaluated before and after the training to verify the training effects of the proposed system. The results showed that the discrimination rates for selected motions were sufficiently high (98.9 ± 1.24%) by using the proposed selection method, and the accuracy in discrimination for VH control was significantly improved after training (for healthy subjects and the amputee at the 0.1% and 1% level, respectively). It is therefore confirmed that the proposed system can be used for myoelectric prosthesis control training.
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日本機械学会ロボティクス・メカトロニクス講演会講演論文集(CD-ROM), 2015 ROMBUNNO.1P2‐K04, May 16, 2015
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Proceedings of the IEICE General Conference, 2015(2) "SS-5", Feb 24, 2015
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Proceedings of the IEICE General Conference, 2015(1) "SS-5", Feb 24, 2015
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The Proceedings of JSME annual Conference on Robotics and Mechatronics (Robomec), 2015 _1P2-K05_1-_1P2-K05_2, 2015This paper proposes a training system for controlling the five-finger EMG-prosthetic hand that enables not only fast finger motions but also a strong grasping force. The proposed system is developed based on the control method equivalent to the five-finger prosthetic hand, and conducts three types of training: muscle contraction, muscle cooperation, and grip force training. In the contraction training and the cooperation training, the control ability of muscle force and the reproducibility of EMG patterns can be trained, respectively. Appropriate gripping force according to the hardness of an object can also be trained via the grip force training using a virtual prosthetic hand. The validity of the proposed system is demonstrated in the five-day experiments conducted for three subjects.
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The Proceedings of JSME annual Conference on Robotics and Mechatronics (Robomec), 2015 _1P2-K05_1-_1P2-K05_2, 2015This paper proposes a training system for controlling the five-finger EMG-prosthetic hand that enables not only fast finger motions but also a strong grasping force. The proposed system is developed based on the control method equivalent to the five-finger prosthetic hand, and conducts three types of training: muscle contraction, muscle cooperation, and grip force training. In the contraction training and the cooperation training, the control ability of muscle force and the reproducibility of EMG patterns can be trained, respectively. Appropriate gripping force according to the hardness of an object can also be trained via the grip force training using a virtual prosthetic hand. The validity of the proposed system is demonstrated in the five-day experiments conducted for three subjects.
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The Proceedings of JSME annual Conference on Robotics and Mechatronics (Robomec), 2015 _1P2-K04_1-_1P2-K04_2, 2015We discuss the development method of a skeleton type myoelectric prosthetic hand by using a laser cutting machine. This myoelectric prosthetic hand has five concepts for practical application; (1) Five fingers, (2) Gripping operation using the five fingers, (3) Structure of the hand to the collision,(4) Structure in the operation of the rehabilitation training and (5) low price, saving weight. Results demonstrated these concepts capabilities of the skeleton type myoelectric prosthetic hand.
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日本義肢装具学会誌, 30(4) 236-239, Oct 1, 2014The Robotic Stride Assistance System (SAS), developed by Honda R&D, is a wearable machine which can be expected to aid in the acquirement of a better gait for lower limb amputees through an improving walking cycle. In order to investigate the effect of SAS on improving the abnormal gait in amputees, SAS was applied to a trans-femoral amputee with an apparent abnormal gait. In this research, reduction of energy expenditure was obtained. Improvement of the abnormal gait was also achieved through an increase of the range of hip motion.
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日本機械学会ロボティクス・メカトロニクス講演会講演論文集(CD-ROM), 2014 ROMBUNNO.3P2‐D01-D01(1)"-"3P2-D01(2)", May 24, 2014We discuss the development method of a simple myoelectric prosthetic hand by using the two type digital fabrication machines, which are a three dimensional printer and a laser cutting machine. The performance of both machines to developing the prosthetic hand is compared in terms of the difficulty of manufacturing and assembly, experimentally. Results demonstrated these digital fabrication capabilities of the prosthetic hand.
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日本機械学会ロボティクス・メカトロニクス講演会講演論文集(CD-ROM), 2014 ROMBUNNO.3A1‐T05-T05(1)"-"3A1-T05(4)", May 24, 2014In this paper, we aim to develop a custom-made environment control system (ECS) in order to support daily living for physically handicapped persons. We modularized the ECS "Bio-remote" developed at Hiroshima University based on OpenRTM. The modularity enhanced flexibility and expandability of Bio-remote, and it made possible to operate by combining multiple input signals. In addition, we performed a trial test with an upper limb amputee in a room which was build to evaluate Bio-remote. We confirmed the operation of the prototype system and the advantage of the modularity that the system function can be easily modified and added.
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日本機械学会ロボティクス・メカトロニクス講演会講演論文集(CD-ROM), 2014 ROMBUNNO.3P2‐G01-G01_1-_3P2-G01_2, May 24, 2014This paper proposes an interactive training system for control of myoelectric prostheses. The proposed training system is capable of selecting suitable motions (EMG patterns) for each user by eliminating ineffective ones, and can also provide consistency between user's motor images and the corresponding prosthetic movements using a virtual prosthetic hand (VH). In the experiments performed, a one-day training session using the proposed system was conducted with two healthy males. The results showed that the number of motions was gradually increased through training and the discrimination rates for selected motions were sufficiently high (average discrimination rates: 95.7 ± 1.54 [%]). It is therefore confirmed that the proposed system could be used for myoelectric prosthesis control training.
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Japanese Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine, 51 S427, May 18, 2014
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The Proceedings of JSME annual Conference on Robotics and Mechatronics (Robomec), 2014 _3P2-D01_1-_3P2-D01_2, 2014We discuss the development method of a simple myoelectric prosthetic hand by using the two type digital fabrication machines, which are a three dimensional printer and a laser cutting machine. The performance of both machines to developing the prosthetic hand is compared in terms of the difficulty of manufacturing and assembly, experimentally. Results demonstrated these digital fabrication capabilities of the prosthetic hand.
Professional Memberships
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Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Apr, 2014 - Mar, 2017
Industrial Property Rights
10研究テーマ
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研究テーマ（英語）人の動き、形状、生理的・心理的反応などの計測や分析の結果を元に、デジタル技術を介し、高機能福祉機器などの実現に結び付ける生体機能工学の研究を行う.研究期間（開始）（英語）2024/04/01