Neural Control of Human Grasping

Examine the extent to which the coordination of digit kinematics and kinetics is modulated to object properties, their predictability and task.

Techniques used in Research

Tracking human hand movement using extended Kalman filter.

Publications

Fu Q, Zhang W, Santello M. Anticipatory Planning and Control of Grasp Positions and Forces for Dexterous Two-Digit Manipulation. Journal of Neuroscience. Under review.

Zhang W, Gordon AM, Fu Q, Santello M. Manipulation after object rotation reveals independent sensorimotor memory representations of digit positions and forces. Journal of Neurophysiology. In Press.

Presentations

Fu Q, Zhang W, Santello M. Learning of the anticipatory mapping between digit positions and forces in two-digit object manipulation. Robotics: Science and Systems 2009 Conference, Seattle, WA, June 2009. Poster presentation.