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On the Distribution of Muscle Signals: A Method for Distance-Based Classification of Human Gestures

Jonas Große Sundrup1, Katja Mombaur1,2

  • 1Canada Excellence Research Chair Human-Centred Robotics and Machine Intelligence, Systems Design Engineering & Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON N2L 3G1, Canada.

Sensors (Basel, Switzerland)
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