Hand posture and gesture recognition using MYO armband and spectral collaborative representation based classification

In this paper, we propose the use of Collaborative based Representation in Spectral Domain to recognize the postures and gestures from the Electromyography (EMG) recordings acquired by a recently introduced sensor; Thalmic Labs' MYO armband. The recognition accuracy obtained for a set of six hand gestures and postures is promising with an accuracy over 97 % which is a competent result in the related literature. The algorithms are developed for creating an intuitive human machine interface for navigating a robotic wheelchair.

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