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  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Wearable Technology

Background:

  • Current wearable sensors face limitations in fabrication and material integration.
  • Effective sign language recognition technology is crucial for bridging communication gaps for the hearing-impaired.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To design and develop a novel 3D printed ion-conductive hydrogel with tunable electromechanical properties.
  • To create a versatile wearable sensing system for advanced sign language recognition.

Main Methods:

  • Fabrication of a polyampholyte/polyacrylamide hydrogel integrated with LiCl and a covalent organic framework (COF).
  • Characterization of the hydrogel's electromechanical properties, including hysteresis, elongation, modulus, and conductivity.
  • Development of a multimodal system using digital gloves with strain/pressure sensors and an armband with surface electromyography (sEMG) electrodes.
  • Implementation of a bidirectional long short-term memory (Bi-LSTM) model for gesture classification.

Main Results:

  • The hydrogel demonstrated excellent properties: low hysteresis (90.25% recovery), high elongation (550%), and 90% compressive strain tolerance.
  • High conductivity (0.23 S m⁻¹) and low modulus (0.09 MPa) enabled high-fidelity sEMG sensing.
  • The multimodal system achieved 99.65% accuracy in recognizing 24 Chinese sign language gestures.

Conclusions:

  • The developed 3D printed hydrogel offers versatile and high-performance sensing capabilities for wearable applications.
  • This technology significantly advances sign language recognition, offering a promising solution for the hearing-impaired community.
  • The multimodal fusion approach combined with advanced hydrogel sensors provides a robust platform for complex gesture recognition.