Wearable System for Sensory Substitution for Prosthetics

摘要

This paper presents a wearable system prototype based on commercial off-the-shelf components for sensory substitution for prosthetics. It provides a wireless portable interface electronics for tactile sensor array. The system transmits the acquired tactile information to the prosthetic user through Electrotactile stimulation. An experimental setup has been carried out to validate the proposed prototype: results demonstrate the correct functionality when different input stimuli have been tested and conveyed to the stimulator. The proposed system overcomes similar state of art solutions dealing with higher number of input channels maintaining the real time functionality.