Robert M Hinson

College of Engineering

Works (6)

Updated: March 13th, 2024 05:00

2023 journal article

Ankle Torque Estimation With Motor Unit Discharges in Residual Muscles Following Lower-Limb Amputation

IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON NEURAL SYSTEMS AND REHABILITATION ENGINEERING, 31, 4821–4830.

By: N. Rubin*, R. Hinson*, K. Saul n, X. Hu* & H. Huang* 

author keywords: Amputation; EMG; motor unit; neural-machine interface; prosthesis control
topics (OpenAlex): Muscle activation and electromyography studies; Neuroscience and Neural Engineering; Prosthetics and Rehabilitation Robotics
TL;DR: Results suggest MUDrive significantly outperforms EMG and ND methods in muscles of NON, as well as both intact and residual muscles of AMP, and integrating MU discharges with modeled biomechanical outputs may provide a more accurate torque control signal than direct EMG control of assistive, lower-limb devices. (via Semantic Scholar)
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Added: March 11, 2024

2023 journal article

Harnessing Machine Learning and Physiological Knowledge for a Novel EMG-Based Neural-Machine Interface

IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING, 70(4), 1125–1136.

By: J. Berman n, R. Hinson n, I. Lee n & H. Huang n 

Contributors: J. Berman n, R. Hinson n, I. Lee n & H. Huang n 

author keywords: Electromyography; Decoding; Solid modeling; Electrodes; Artificial neural networks; Muscles; Machine learning; Artificial neural network; electromyography (EMG); musculoskeletal model; neural machine interface; reinforcement learning
MeSH headings : Electromyography / methods; Hand / physiology; Upper Extremity; Posture; Machine Learning
topics (OpenAlex): Muscle activation and electromyography studies; EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces; Neuroscience and Neural Engineering
TL;DR: Combining the concepts of machine learning and musculoskeletal modeling has resulted in a more robust joint kinematics decoder than either concept individually, which may result in a novel, highly reliable controller for powered prosthetic hands. (via Semantic Scholar)
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Added: March 15, 2023

2023 journal article

Offline Evaluation Matters: Investigation of the Influence of Offline Performance of EMG-Based Neural-Machine Interfaces on User Adaptation, Cognitive Load, and Physical Efforts in a Real-Time Application

IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON NEURAL SYSTEMS AND REHABILITATION ENGINEERING, 31, 3055–3063.

By: R. Hinson n, J. Berman n, I. Lee n, W. Filer * & H. Huang n 

author keywords: EMG decoding; neural machine interface; cognitive load; adaptation
topics (OpenAlex): Muscle activation and electromyography studies; EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces; Motor Control and Adaptation
TL;DR: The results imply that the offline performance of EMG-based NMIs provide important insight to users’ abilities to utilize them and should play an important role in research and development of novel NMI algorithms. (via Semantic Scholar)
Sources: Web Of Science, NC State University Libraries
Added: August 28, 2023

2023 journal article

Offline Evaluation Matters: Investigation of the Influence of Offline Performance on Real-Time Operation of Electromyography-Based Neural-Machine Interfaces

IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON NEURAL SYSTEMS AND REHABILITATION ENGINEERING, 31, 680–689.

By: R. Hinson n, J. Berman n, W. Filer *, D. Kamper n, X. Hu n & H. Huang n 

Contributors: R. Hinson n, J. Berman n, W. Filer *, D. Kamper n, X. Hu n & H. Huang n 

author keywords: Electromyography; Real-time systems; Decoding; Task analysis; Artificial neural networks; Wrist; Measurement; machine learning; neural-machine interface; offline analysis; real-time performance
topics (OpenAlex): Muscle activation and electromyography studies; Motor Control and Adaptation; Neuroscience and Neural Engineering
TL;DR: The use and validity of offline analyses for optimization of NMIs in myoelectric control research and development are supported and significant improvements in each real-time task evaluation metric were observed. (via Semantic Scholar)
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID, NC State University Libraries
Added: March 15, 2023

2022 journal article

Ultrasoft Porous 3D Conductive Dry Electrodes for Electrophysiological Sensing and Myoelectric Control

Advanced Materials Technologies, 7(10).

By: S. Yao n, W. Zhou n, R. Hinson*, P. Dong *, S. Wu n, J. Ives*, X. Hu*, H. Huang* , Y. Zhu n 

Contributors: S. Yao n, W. Zhou n, R. Hinson*, P. Dong *, S. Wu n, J. Ives*, X. Hu*, H. Huang* , Y. Zhu n 

author keywords: biopotential; dry electrodes; electrocardiogram; electroencephalogram; electromyogram; nanomaterials
topics (OpenAlex): Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials; Tactile and Sensory Interactions; Conducting polymers and applications
TL;DR: Based on the muscle activities captured by the electrodes and a musculoskeletal model, electromyogram‐based neural–machine interfaces are realized, illustrating the great potential for prosthesis control, neurorehabilitation, and virtual reality. (via Semantic Scholar)
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Added: May 31, 2022

2021 article

Comparing Reinforcement Learning Agents and Supervised Learning Neural Networks for EMG-Based Decoding of Continuous Movements

2021 43RD ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF THE IEEE ENGINEERING IN MEDICINE & BIOLOGY SOCIETY (EMBC), pp. 6297–6300.

By: J. Berman n, R. Hinson n & H. Huang n 

Contributors: J. Berman n, R. Hinson n & H. Huang n 

MeSH headings : Electromyography; Humans; Movement; Neural Networks, Computer; Supervised Machine Learning; Wrist Joint
topics (OpenAlex): Muscle activation and electromyography studies; Motor Control and Adaptation; Neuroscience and Neural Engineering
TL;DR: This study aimed to present a new kinematics decoding framework based on reinforcement learning (RL), which combines machine learning and model-based approaches together and suggests that the RL-based kinematic decoder is more robust to changes in movement speeds between training and testing data and has better performance than the SLNN. (via Semantic Scholar)
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID, NC State University Libraries
Added: January 7, 2022

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