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Reactive Reinforcement Learning in Asynchronous Environments
Frontiers in Robotics and AI, 2018 The relationship between a reinforcement learning (RL) agent and an asynchronous environment is often ignored. Frequently used models of the interaction between an agent and its environment, such as Markov Decision Processes (MDP) or Semi-Markov Decision
Jaden B. Travnik +6 more
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Design method for a bionic wrist based on tensegrity structures
Biosurface and Biotribology, 2020 The traditional bionic upper limb structure design is limited by the motion pair and cannot guarantee the flexibility of the mechanical structure. The tensegrity structure has the characteristics of high deformability, strong self-adaptability, and ...
Jianwei Sun, Xuemin Cao, Guangsheng Song
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Journal of Orthopaedics, Trauma and Rehabilitation, 2022 Introduction: Amputation is a painful functional experience and optimal rehabilitation of an amputee is a team effort. Functional restitution depends on many factors including the type of prosthesis available.
Maheshwar Lakkireddy +6 more
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IEEE Access, 2022 The most widely-used active upper-limb (UL) prostheses worldwide are body-powered (BP), which is a two-century-old technology. Despite their affordability and functional benefits to users, these devices are prone to poor outcomes for many patients ...
Vikranth H. Nagaraja +5 more
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Isometric hip muscle strength in posttraumatic below-knee amputees [PDF]
Vojnosanitetski Pregled, 2007 Background/Aim. Traumas and war injuries, next to chronic occlusive artery disease and diabetes mellitus-derived complications, are the most frequent cause of the lower limbs amputation.
Jandrić Slavica
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IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering, 2023 After above-knee amputation, the missing biological knee and ankle are commonly replaced with a passive prosthesis, which cannot provide net-positive energy to assist the user.
Grace R. Hunt +3 more
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Archives of Plastic Surgery, 2019 Background Prosthetic hands with a myoelectric interface have recently received interest within the broader category of hand prostheses, but their high cost is a major barrier to use.
Inhoe Ku +4 more
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Quality of life and reconstructive surgery efforts in severe hand injuries
Innovative Surgical Sciences, 2018 Severe hand trauma, leading to extensive skeletal and tissue defects, requires plastic surgical reconstruction of the highest level aiming at maximizing function and aesthetics.
Alawi Seyed Arash +4 more
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TRENDS AND OPPORTUNITIES IN HEALTH ECONOMIC EVALUATIONS OF PROSTHETIC CARE INNOVATIONS
Canadian Prosthetics & Orthotics Journal, 2021 Overcoming obstacles to prosthetic fittings requires frequent tryouts of sockets and components. Repetitions of interventions are upsetting for users and place substantial economic burden on healthcare systems.
Laurent Frossard
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PLoS ONE, 2021 Passively grasping an unseen artificial finger induces ownership over this finger and an illusory coming together of one's index fingers: a grasp illusion.
Annie A Butler +4 more
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