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IR electro optical myography

A project log for Bionic Artificial Muscle Prosthesis

Aiming to make a more dexterous functional hand for disabled children and people.

mechanicusMECHANICUS 05/03/2016 at 23:540 Comments

https://people.ece.cornell.edu/land/courses/eceprojectsland/STUDENTPROJ/2013to2014/ras578/Writeup/An IR Muscle Contraction Sensor.html

In a paper by one of Bruce Land's presumed students a novel method for measuring muscle contractions uses infrared detection. The method is much cheaper than using op amps typically used in EMG.

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