Sensor-Fusions for an EMG Controlled Robotic Prosthesis

Current un-motorized prosthesis do not provide adequate energy return during late stance to improve level-ground locomotion. Robotic prosthesis can provide power during late-stance to improve metabolic economy in an amputee during level-ground walking. This project seeks to improve the types of terrain a robotic ankle and successfully navigate by using command signals taken from the intact and residual limbs of an amputee. By combining these commands signals with sensors attached to the robotic ankle it might be possible to further understand the role of physiological signals in the terrain adaptation of robotic ankles.