Collaborative Research: Dextrous Control of Multi-Digit Grasping

人手的复杂性需要创造性和多学科的努力，旨在了解其控制。大脑依靠策略来简化对复杂动作的控制，比如手的动作。然而，这些策略的大多数研究都集中在有限的任务上，这些任务可能不能推广到自然的抓取行为，也没有考虑到感觉的使用。这项合作研究计划的总体目标是测试掌握策略如何依赖于所执行的行为。研究结果将深入了解大脑如何控制和协调手部的复杂结构，以及在这种控制中如何使用感官信息。这个项目的结果可能是革命性的，因为理解手是如何被控制的，以及大脑是如何控制复杂的运动的，有各种各样的应用。考虑到手在我们的运动行为中扮演的关键角色，从艺术表达到工具使用，结果可能会影响几个领域，包括神经科学，机器人操作（例如，太空探索，远程操作手术）和“智能”假肢的发展。此外，这些项目将营造一个丰富的学习环境，将研究和教育结合起来。

The complexity of the human hand requires creative and multidisciplinary efforts aimed at understanding its control. The brain relies on strategies to simplify the control of complex movements such as those produced by the hands. However, most studies of these strategies have focused on limited tasks that may not generalize to natural grasping behaviors and that do not take into account the use of sensation. The overall aim of this collaborative research proposal is to test how grasp strategies depend on the behavior performed. The results will provide insight into how the brain controls and coordinates the complex architecture of the hand and how sensory information is used in this control. The results of this project are potentially transformative in that understanding how the hand is controlled as well as how the brain controls complex movements has a wide variety of applications. Given the key role that the hand plays in our motor behavior, ranging from artistic expression to tool use, results may influence several fields, including neuroscience, robotic manipulation (e.g., space exploration, tele-operated surgery) and the development of 'smart' prosthetics. Furthermore, the projects will foster a rich learning environment for integrating research and education.