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The usefulness property of biorobotic sensorimotor models: A natural source of prosthetic designs

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 December 2002

Kristen N. Jaax
Affiliation:
School of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98115-2500 jaax@u.washington.edu http://rcs.ee.washington.edu/brl/people/kjaax

Abstract

This commentary addresses an additional feature of biorobotic modeling: usefulness in prosthetic design. By implementing structurally and behaviorally accurate models as prosthetics, biologically accurate restoration can be approximated. This has potential to reestablish important peripheral elements of the sensorimotor control system, including limb biomechanics, proprioception, and vision. Examples given include musculoskeletal prosthetics and retinal implants.

Type
Brief Report
Copyright
© 2001 Cambridge University Press

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