Restoration of sensory information via bionic hands
Sliman J Bensmaia1,2,3, Dustin J Tyler4,5, Silvestro Micera6,7
1Department of Organismal Biology and Anatomy, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA. sliman@uchicago.edu.
Nature Biomedical Engineering
|November 24, 2020
Abstract:
Individuals who have lost the use of their hands because of amputation or spinal cord injury can use prosthetic hands to restore their independence. A dexterous prosthesis requires the acquisition of control signals that drive the movements of the robotic hand, and the transmission of sensory signals to convey information to the user about the consequences of these movements. In this Review, we describe non-invasive and invasive technologies for conveying artificial sensory feedback through bionic hands, and evaluate the technologies' long-term prospects.


