Automated Instability Detection for Interactive Myocontrol of Prosthetic Hands

Myocontrol is control of a prosthetic device using data obtained from (residual) muscle activity. In most myocontrol prosthetic systems, such biological data also denote the subject's intent: reliably interpreting what the user wants to do, exactly and only when she wants, is paramount to avoid instability, which can potentially lead to accidents, humiliation and trauma. Indeed, instability manifests itself as a failure of the myocontrol in...