arXiv · 2505.15218
Recognition of Unseen Combined Motions via Convex Combination-based EMG Pattern Synthesis for Myoelectric Control
Abstract
Electromyogram (EMG) signals recorded from the skin surface enable intuitive control of assistive devices such as prosthetic limbs. However, in EMG-based motion recognition, collecting comprehensive training data for all target motions remains challenging, particularly for complex combined motions. This paper proposes a method to efficiently recognize combined motions using synthetic EMG data generated through convex combinations of basic motion patterns. Instead of measuring all possible combined motions, the proposed method utilizes measured basic motion data along with synthetically combined motion data for training. This approach expands the range of recognizable combined motions while minimizing the required training data collection. We evaluated the effectiveness of the proposed method through an upper limb motion classification experiment with eight subjects. The experimental results demonstrated that the proposed method improved the classification accuracy for unseen combined motions by approximately 17%.
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Itsuki Yazawa, Seitaro Yoneda, Akira Furui. 2025-05-21. Recognition of Unseen Combined Motions via Convex Combination-based EMG Pattern Synthesis for Myoelectric Control. https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.15218
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