Towards Intelligent Lower Limb Prostheses with Activity Recognition
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چکیده
User’s volitional control of lower limb prostheses is still challenging task despite technological advancements. There is still a need for amputees to impose their will upon the prosthesis to drive in an accurate and interactive fashion. This study represents a brief review on control strategies using different sensor modalities for the purpose of phases/events detection and activity recognition. The preliminary work that is associated with middle-level control shows a simple and reliable method for event detection in real-time using a single inertial measurement unit. The outcome shows promising results.
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