Abstract
The objective of the study described in this paper is the development of a 5 degree of freedom (DOF) externally powered transhumeral prosthesis for above elbow (AE) amputees to increase their mobility in daily life activities. The proposed prosthesis is supposed to be controlled by using a combination of the electromyogram (EMG) based control and extended physiological proprioception (EPP) based control. A multilayer artificial neural network to classify the daily activities using the arm joint kinematics is used to design the EPP based controller. The arm joint kinematics was acquired with a VICON motion capture system while performing the various daily activities.
