Evolutionary optimization of user intent recognition for transfemoral amputees

  • Gholamreza Khademi
  • , Hanieh Mohammadi
  • , Dan Simon
  • , Elizabeth C. Hardin

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Abstract

Lower-limb prosthetic legs help amputees regain their walking ability. User intent recognition is utilized to infer human gait mode (fast walk, slow walk, etc.) so the controller can be adjusted depending on the detected gait mode. In this paper, mechanical sensor data is collected from an able-bodied subject and used for user intent recognition. Feature extraction, principal component analysis, correlation analysis, and K-nearest neighbor methods are used, modified, and optimized with an evolutionary algorithm for improved performance. The optimized system successfully classifies four different walking modes with an accuracy of 96%.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationIEEE Biomedical Circuits and Systems Conference: Engineering for Healthy Minds and Able Bodies, BioCAS 2015 - Proceedings
Place of Publicationusa
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
ISBN (Electronic)9781479972333
DOIs
StatePublished - Dec 4 2015
Event11th IEEE Biomedical Circuits and Systems Conference, BioCAS 2015 - Atlanta, United States
Duration: Oct 22 2015Oct 24 2015

Conference

Conference11th IEEE Biomedical Circuits and Systems Conference, BioCAS 2015
Country/TerritoryUnited States
Period10/22/1510/24/15

Keywords

  • evolutionary algorithm
  • K nearest neighbor
  • lower-limb prosthesis
  • user intent recognition

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