Restoring Natural Sensory Feedback in Real-Time Bidirectional Hand Prostheses

Stanisa Raspopovic; Marco Capogrosso; Francesco Maria Petrini; Marco Bonizzato; Jacopo Rigosa; Giovanni Di Pino; Jacopo Carpaneto; Marco Controzzi; Tim Boretius; Eduardo Fernandez; Giuseppe Granata; Calogero Maria Oddo; Luca Citi; Anna Lisa Ciancio; Christian Cipriani; Maria Chiara Carrozza; Winnie Jensen; Eugenio Guglielmelli; Thomas Stieglitz; Paolo Maria Rossini; Silvestro Micera

doi:10.1126/scitranslmed.3006820

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Restoring Natural Sensory Feedback in Real-Time Bidirectional Hand Prostheses

Stanisa Raspopovic¹,²,
Marco Capogrosso¹,²,*,
Francesco Maria Petrini³,⁴,*,
Marco Bonizzato²,*,
Jacopo Rigosa¹,
Giovanni Di Pino³,⁵,
Jacopo Carpaneto¹,
Marco Controzzi¹,
Tim Boretius⁶,
Eduardo Fernandez⁷,
Giuseppe Granata⁴,
Calogero Maria Oddo¹,
Luca Citi⁸,
Anna Lisa Ciancio³,
Christian Cipriani¹,
Maria Chiara Carrozza¹,
Winnie Jensen⁹,
Eugenio Guglielmelli³,
Thomas Stieglitz⁶,
Paolo Maria Rossini⁴,⁷,*,† and
Silvestro Micera¹,²,*,†

¹The BioRobotics Institute, Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Pisa 56025, Italy.
²Translational Neural Engineering Laboratory, Center for Neuroprosthetics and Institute of Bioengineering, School of Engineering, Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne, Lausanne CH-1015, Switzerland.
³Laboratory of Biomedical Robotics and Biomicrosystems, Campus Bio-Medico University, Rome 00128, Italy.
⁴IRCCS San Raffaele Pisana, Rome 00163, Italy.
⁵Institute of Neurology, Campus Bio-Medico University, Rome 00128, Italy.
⁶Laboratory for Biomedical Microtechnology, Department of Microsystems Engineering–IMTEK, University of Freiburg, Freiburg D-79110, Germany.
⁷Department of Geriatrics, Neurosciences and Orthopedics, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome 00168, Italy.
⁸School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering, University of Essex, Colchester C043SQ, UK.
⁹Center for Sensory-Motor Interaction, Department of Health Science and Technology, Aalborg University, Aalborg DK-9100, Denmark.

↵†Corresponding author. E-mail: silvestro.micera{at}epfl.ch, silvestro.micera{at}sssup.it (S.M.); paolomaria.rossini{at}rm.unicatt.it (P.M.R.)

↵* These authors contributed equally to this work.

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Science Translational Medicine 05 Feb 2014:
Vol. 6, Issue 222, pp. 222ra19
DOI: 10.1126/scitranslmed.3006820

Stanisa Raspopovic

1The BioRobotics Institute, Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Pisa 56025, Italy.

2Translational Neural Engineering Laboratory, Center for Neuroprosthetics and Institute of Bioengineering, School of Engineering, Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne, Lausanne CH-1015, Switzerland.

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Marco Capogrosso

1The BioRobotics Institute, Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Pisa 56025, Italy.

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Francesco Maria Petrini

3Laboratory of Biomedical Robotics and Biomicrosystems, Campus Bio-Medico University, Rome 00128, Italy.

4IRCCS San Raffaele Pisana, Rome 00163, Italy.

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Marco Bonizzato

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Jacopo Rigosa

1The BioRobotics Institute, Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Pisa 56025, Italy.

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Giovanni Di Pino

3Laboratory of Biomedical Robotics and Biomicrosystems, Campus Bio-Medico University, Rome 00128, Italy.

5Institute of Neurology, Campus Bio-Medico University, Rome 00128, Italy.

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Jacopo Carpaneto

1The BioRobotics Institute, Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Pisa 56025, Italy.

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Marco Controzzi

1The BioRobotics Institute, Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Pisa 56025, Italy.

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Tim Boretius

6Laboratory for Biomedical Microtechnology, Department of Microsystems Engineering–IMTEK, University of Freiburg, Freiburg D-79110, Germany.

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Eduardo Fernandez

7Department of Geriatrics, Neurosciences and Orthopedics, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome 00168, Italy.

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Giuseppe Granata

4IRCCS San Raffaele Pisana, Rome 00163, Italy.

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Calogero Maria Oddo

1The BioRobotics Institute, Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Pisa 56025, Italy.

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Luca Citi

8School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering, University of Essex, Colchester C043SQ, UK.

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Anna Lisa Ciancio

3Laboratory of Biomedical Robotics and Biomicrosystems, Campus Bio-Medico University, Rome 00128, Italy.

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Christian Cipriani

1The BioRobotics Institute, Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Pisa 56025, Italy.

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Maria Chiara Carrozza

1The BioRobotics Institute, Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Pisa 56025, Italy.

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Winnie Jensen

9Center for Sensory-Motor Interaction, Department of Health Science and Technology, Aalborg University, Aalborg DK-9100, Denmark.

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Eugenio Guglielmelli

3Laboratory of Biomedical Robotics and Biomicrosystems, Campus Bio-Medico University, Rome 00128, Italy.

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Thomas Stieglitz

6Laboratory for Biomedical Microtechnology, Department of Microsystems Engineering–IMTEK, University of Freiburg, Freiburg D-79110, Germany.

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Paolo Maria Rossini

4IRCCS San Raffaele Pisana, Rome 00163, Italy.

7Department of Geriatrics, Neurosciences and Orthopedics, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome 00168, Italy.

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For correspondence: silvestro.micera@epfl.ch silvestro.micera@sssup.it paolomaria.rossini@rm.unicatt.it

Silvestro Micera

1The BioRobotics Institute, Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Pisa 56025, Italy.

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For correspondence: silvestro.micera@epfl.ch silvestro.micera@sssup.it paolomaria.rossini@rm.unicatt.it

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A multigrasp, bidirectional hand prosthesis delivers dynamic sensory feedback, allowing a user with a hand amputation to achieve fine grasping force control and realistic object sensing.

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