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    Area of Science:

    • Biomedical Engineering
    • Neuroscience
    • Rehabilitation Robotics

    Background:

    • Supervised machine learning is standard for upper-limb prosthesis control, mapping muscle signals to movements.
    • This requires users to perform specific muscle activations, which can be difficult for individuals with limb differences.
    • A need exists for more intuitive and adaptable prosthesis control systems.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To propose and evaluate an unsupervised myocontrol paradigm for upper-limb prostheses.
    • To eliminate the need for labeled training data by using a coadaptive approach.
    • To enable natural motor mapping through continuous refinement of muscle synergies.

    Main Methods:

    • Developed an unsupervised myocontrol paradigm using coadaptive learning.
    • Mapped salient muscle synergies in arbitrary order to predefined prosthesis actions.
    • Evaluated the system with eight non-limb-loss subjects performing hand and wrist control tasks.

    Main Results:

    • The unsupervised myocontrol paradigm achieved performance comparable to supervised methods.
    • Subjects demonstrated successful target achievement in control tasks.
    • Increased mental load was reported by subjects using the unsupervised system.

    Conclusions:

    • Unsupervised myocontrol offers a viable alternative to supervised methods for upper-limb prostheses.
    • The coadaptive system can learn and adapt to user muscle synergies effectively.
    • Further research may explore reducing mental load in unsupervised myocontrol systems.