Fusion Band Applications

This project involved building and designing the Fusion Band, a wearable human machine interface that uses movement and muscle sensors, to acquire human intention to control a variety of different applications. Two version of the Fusion Band were created. MEA Fusion Band - Magnetometer, EMG, and Accelerometer. GE Fusion Band - Gyro and EMG.

Both Versions use an EMG sensor to detect muscle activation, while gyro, accelerometer and magnetometer detect motion.

Applications Include:

• 3D Object Manipulation 
• Writing 
• Computer Control
• Robotic Arm Control 
• Robot Simulation Control 

The full video demonstrating the potential of the Fusion Band is provided below.

Robotic Arm Application

This project involved building and designing the Fusion Band, a wearable human machine interface that uses movement and muscle sensors, to aquire human intention to control a variety of different applications. The application shown in this video demonstrates the control of a robotic arm and gripper. Human Motion controls the yaw and pitch of the robotic arm, while muscle activation open and closes the gripper.

3d Object Manipulation Application

This project involved building and designing the Fusion Band, a wearable human machine interface that uses movement and muscle sensors, to aquire human intention to control a variety of different applications. The application shown in this video demonstrates how the Fusion Band can be used in 3D object manipulation for virtual worlds.

Robot Simulation Control Application

This project involved building and designing the Fusion Band, a wearable human machine interface that uses movement and muscle sensors, to aquire human intention to control a variety of different applications. The application shown in this video demonstrates how the Fusion Band can be used to control Mobile Sim, which is a robotics simulator. In this example application the robot will only be able to adjust heading when the EMG signal reaches an appropriate level, resulting in a steering wheel effect (only moving when touched)

Computer Control Application

This project involved building and designing the Fusion Band, a wearable human machine interface that uses movement and muscle sensors, to aquire human intention to control a variety of different applications. The application shown in this video demonstrates how we can control a computer using the Fusion Band. The EMG signal acts as a click, and the motion movements move the mouse.

Writing Application

This project involved building and designing the Fusion Band, a wearable human machine interface that uses movement and muscle sensors, to aquire human intention to control a variety of different applications. The application shown in this video demonstrates how a user can write on a computer screen using the fusion band,. This may have interesting applications for disabled users.