Adaptive Impedance Controlled Prostheses

当工程师试图设计人工手臂时，需要大量关于生物手臂每天承受的力和扭矩的不同数据。假臂必须模仿的正是这些“自然”的力和力矩。这项研究设计了一种仪器，可以在人类手臂上进行测量，从而为这种设计提供大量必要的数据。此外，该设备是可编程的，因此它可以直接用于开发将用于控制人工手臂的软件，即计算机程序。

When an engineer is attempting to design an artificial arm, a great many different data are needed concerning the forces and torques which the biological arm is put through each day. It is these "natural" forces and torques that the artificial arm must imitate. This research has designed an apparatus that willmake measurements on human arms and, thus, provide much of the necessary data for such designs. In addition, this apparatus is programmable, so that it can be used directly in the development of the software, i.e., computer programs, that will be used to control the artificial arm.