Frodo Muijzer

Mr. Frodo Muijzer

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Academic Career Length

7Years (2020-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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31 July 2020 in Sensors
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GWGerjan Wolterink
Gerjan Wolterink
PDPedro Dias
Pedro Dias
RSRemco G. P. Sanders
Remco G. P. Sanders
FMFrodo Muijzer
Frodo Muijzer
BBBert-Jan van Beijnum
Bert-Jan van Beijnum
GKGijs Krijnen
Gijs Krijnen
3D printing of soft EMG sensing structures enables the creation of personalized sensing structures that can be potentially integrated in prosthetic, assistive and other devices. We developed and characterized flexible carbon-black doped TPU-based sEMG sensing structures. The structures are directly 3D-printed without the need for an additional post-processing step using a low-cost, consumer grade multi-material FDM printer. A comparison between the gold standard Ag/AgCl gel electrodes and the 3D-printed EMG electrodes with a comparable contact area shows that there is no significant difference in the EMG signals’ amplitude. The sensors are capable of distinguishing a variable level of muscle activity of the biceps brachii. Furthermore, as a proof of principle, sEMG data of a 3D-printed 8-electrode band are analyzed using a patten recognition algorithm to recognize hand gestures. This work shows that 3D-printed sEMG electrodes have great potential in practical applications.