Development of inductive sensors for a robotic interface based on noninvasive tongue control

Oguzhan Kirtas, Peter Veltink, Romulus Lontis, Mostafa Mohammadi, Lotte N.S. Andreasen Struijk

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Abstract

Tongue based robotic interfaces have shown the potential to control assistive robotic devices developed for individuals with severe disabilities due to spinal cord injury. However, current tongue-robotic interfaces require invasive methods such as piercing to attach an activation unit (AU) to the tongue. A noninvasive tongue interface concept, which used a frame integrated AU instead of a tongue attached AU, was previously proposed. However, there is a need for the development of compact one-piece sensor printed circuit boards (PCBs) to enable activation of all inductive sensors. In this study, we developed and tested four designs of compact one-piece sensor PCBs incorporating inductive sensors for the design of a noninvasive tongue-robotic interface. We measured electrical parameters of the developed sensors to detect activation and compared them with a sensor of the current version of the inductive tongue-computer interface (ITCI) by moving AUs with different contact surfaces at the surface of the sensors. Results showed that, the newly developed inductive sensors had higher and wider activation than the sensor of ITCI and the AU with a flat contact surface had 3.5 - 4 times higher activation than the AU with a spherical contact surface. A higher sensor activation can result in a higher signal to noise ratio and thus a higher AU tracking resolution.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2022 International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics, ICORR 2022
Place of PublicationPiscataway, NJ
PublisherIEEE
Number of pages6
ISBN (Electronic)978-1-6654-8829-7
ISBN (Print)978-1-6654-8830-3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2022
Event2022 International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics, ICORR 2022 - Rotterdam, Netherlands
Duration: 25 Jul 202229 Jul 2022

Publication series

NameIEEE International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics
PublisherIEEE
Volume2022
ISSN (Print)1945-7898
ISSN (Electronic)1945-7901

Conference

Conference2022 International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics, ICORR 2022
Country/TerritoryNetherlands
CityRotterdam
Period25/07/2229/07/22

Keywords

  • 2023 OA procedure

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