Characterizing torso muscle activation during target-matching contraction toward myoelectric robot control

With future applications of torso electromyograms (EMG) to control dexterous robotic devices in vision, the static contraction of several torso muscles was characterized during EMG-based target-matching contractions in healthy young adults. The resulting data provided empirical bases upon which individual and paired torso muscle groups may be selected to control robots which require input signals of varying amplitudes, levels of accuracy, precision, and bandwidth.