{"id":130,"date":"2016-10-04T12:17:06","date_gmt":"2016-10-04T12:17:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/clem.dii.unisi.it\/~prattichizzo\/sixthfinger\/?page_id=130"},"modified":"2017-01-10T19:53:08","modified_gmt":"2017-01-10T19:53:08","slug":"history-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/clem.dii.unisi.it\/~prattichizzo\/sixthfinger\/","title":{"rendered":"THE ROBOTIC SIXTH FINGER"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Robotic Sixth Finger:
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Department of Information Engineering and Mathematics, University of Siena, Italy<\/a><\/h2>\n

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This website\u00a0summarizes our research on wearable extra fingers and the evolution of the Robotic Sixth Finger.<\/p>\n

In our recent work [10], we presented the Soft-SixthFinger, a wearable robotic extra-finger designed to be used by chronic stroke patients to compensate for the missing hand function of their paretic limb. The patient can control the flexion\/extension of the robotic finger through the eCap, an Electromyography (EMG) interface embedded in a cap. The user can control the device contracting the frontalis muscle by moving his or her eyebrows upwards. The Soft-SixthFinger has been designed as tool that can be used by chronic stroke patients to compensate for grasping in many Activities of Daily Living (ADL). It can be wrapped around the wrist and worn as a bracelet when not used. The light weight and the complete wireless connection with the EMG interface guarantee a high portability and wearability. We tested the device with qualitative experiments involving six chronic stroke patients. Results show that the proposed system significantly improves the performance of the considered tests and the autonomy in ADL.\u00a0A video is available here<\/a>.<\/p>\n