Model for learning human reaching-movements

Amir Karniel, Gideon F. Inbar

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Abstract

Reaching-movement is a fast ballistic voluntary movement towards a given target. The main characteristics of such a movement are straight line and a bell shape speed profile. In this work a mathematical model for the control of the human arm during reaching-movement is presented. In analyzing the model performance in mimicking a Two Degrees of Freedom (2DOF) human movements, the following results were observed: (I) A nonlinear muscle model yields smooth movements with zero terminal velocity in response to simple control signals. This conclusion agrees with the general idea that the motor control is a combination of muscle dynamics with nervous control. (II) A typical reaching-movement can be performed with a typical rectangular excitation to the muscles, and in this way the dimension of the control problem is reduced.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)619-620
Number of pages2
JournalAnnual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology - Proceedings
Volume2
StatePublished - 1 Dec 1996
Externally publishedYes
EventProceedings of the 1996 18th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Part 2 (of 5) - Amsterdam, Neth
Duration: 31 Oct 19963 Nov 1996

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Signal Processing
  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
  • Health Informatics

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