Current human–machine interfaces for controlling assistive devices fail to offer direct, arbitrary control over multiple degrees of freedom. Based on the implantation and tracking of small magnets in the residual muscles, the myokinetic interface could enable biomimetic, direct, independent and parallel control of artificial limbs.
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C.C. holds shares in Prensilia, a startup that commercializes robotic and prosthetic hands.
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Cipriani, C. Towards prosthetic limbs and assistive devices controlled via the myokinetic interface. Nat Rev Electr Eng 1, 282–283 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s44287-024-00043-8
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