Prof. Ing. Michael A. Saliba, From Department of Mechanical Engineering, Main Investigator
Prof. Ing. Kenneth P. Camilleri, Co-investigator
Prof. Alexiei Dingli, From Department of Artificial Intelligence, Co-investigator
Dr Jesmond Attard, From Department of Mechanical Engineering, Co-investigator
The project MAProHand is run by the Department of Mechanical Engineering. Building on previous work carried out at the University of Malta, the primary research objective of this work is to carry out a systematic exercise to seek a practical solution that optimizes the trade-off between simplicity, dexterity and usability of a prosthetic hand within a single device by extracting an acceptable and optimum dexterity out of the simplest possible architecture while maintaining high usability of the device. The Department’s contribution to this project is mainly related to the extraction of surface electromyography (sEMG) signals from the forearm and to relate these to finger movement.
