MyoPro Project

IMS is currently working together with high-tech companies and research institutes on the MyoPro project:

An amputation of part of the arm results in an immense functional loss, which limits the patient in performing activities of daily life. To enable practical and long-term use, the amputee needs a prosthesis with a natural, intuitive, fast and non-fatiguing command interface. The combination with a virtual reality environment, in which the patient can start selective muscle training immediately, is an entirely new concept and forms the basis of a functional prosthetic system that could restore part of the lost arm and hand function.

The goals of this project are to:

• improve the control of a myoelectric arm-prosthesis by increasing the number of degrees of freedom using multichannel surface electromyography
• develop a natural and intuitive feedback mechanism
• develop a virtual reality training program to enable aimed early-phase rehabilitation  

The Next Generation Assembly Platform, filmed by the Innovation Platform Twente.