MY-HAND is the name of an early career grant (FIRB 2010) earned by Dr. Cipriani in 2011, funded by the Italian Ministry for Education, University and Research between March 2012 and September 2015, with 320 k€. The goal of MY-HAND was to develop a robotic prosthesis with sensory feedback in order to recover the functionality of an amputated hand using non-invasive, wearable technologies. During the project the team at the AHA developed a novel robust artificial hand characterized by smart miniaturized mechanisms, low weight and functional dexterity. This hand is currently being further developed and exploited by Prensilia, within the DeTOP European grant. MY-HAND also supported research activities pertaining to non-invasive myoelectric control and sensory feedback, as shown by the publications below.

Funder:  MIUR (FIRB 2010)
Grant No.:  RBFR10VCLD
Period:  2012-2015 (42 months)
Funding (to AHA):  320 k€
Funding (total):  320 k€

Scientific Publications

Journal papers

• M. Controzzi, F. Clemente, D. Barone, A. Ghionzoli, C. Cipriani, “The SSSA-MyHand: a dexterous lightweight myoelectric hand prosthesis,” IEEE Trans. on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering, vol. 25, no. 5, pp. 459-468, 2017 (on line version 2016). pdf
• F. Clemente, M. D’Alonzo, M. Controzzi, B. Edin, C. Cipriani, “Non-invasive, temporally discrete feedback of object contact and release improves grasp control of closed-loop myoelectric transradial prostheses,” IEEE Trans. on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering, vol. 34, no. 12, pp. 1314-1421, 2016 (on line version 2015). pdf
• F. Montagnani, M. Controzzi, C. Cipriani, “Is it Finger or Wrist Dexterity That is Missing in Current Hand Prostheses?,” IEEE Trans. on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering, vol. 23, no.4, pp. 600-609, 2015. pdf
• F. Montagnani, M. Controzzi, C. Cipriani, “Non-Back-Drivable Rotary Mechanism with Intrinsic Compliance for Robotic Thumb Abduction/Adduction,” Advanced Robotics, vol. 29, no. 8, pp. 561-571, 2015. pdf
• S. Crea, C. Cipriani, M. Donati, M. C. Carrozza, N. Vitiello, “Providing time-discrete gait information by wearable feedback apparatus for lower-limb amputees: usability and functional validation,” IEEE Trans. on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering, vol. 23, no. 2, pp.250-257, 2015. pdf
• J.L. Segil, M. Controzzi, R.F. Weir, C. Cipriani, "Comparative study of State of the Art Myoelectric Controllers for Advanced Prosthetic Hands using Virtual and Physical Assessment," Journal of Rehabilitation Research & Development, vol. 51, no.9, pp. 1439-1454, 2014. pdf
•  M. D'Alonzo, F. Clemente, C. Cipriani, "Vibrotactile stimulation promotes embodiment of an alien hand in amputees with phantom sensations,"IEEE Trans. on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering, vol. 23, no. 3, pp. 450-457, 2015. (Online version 2014) pdf Featured article: X
• C. Cipriani, J. Segil, F. Clemente, R. Weir, B. Edin, "Humans can integrate feedback of discrete events in their sensorimotor control of a robotic hand," Experimental Brain Research, vol. 232, no. 11, pp. 3421-3429, 2014. pdf
• M. Controzzi, M. D'Alonzo, C. Peccia, C. M. Oddo, M. C. Carrozza, C. Cipriani, "Bioinspired fingertip for anthropomorphic robotic hands,"Applied Bionics and Biomechanics, vol. 11, no. 1-2, pp. 25-38, 2014. Online
• M. Markovic, S. Dosen, C. Cipriani, D. Popovic, D. Farina, “Stereovision and augmented reality for closed loop control of grasping in hand prostheses”, Journal of Neural Engineering, vol. 11, no. 046001, 2014. Download
• C. Cipriani, J. Segil, A. Birdwell, R. Weir, “Dexterous control of a prosthetic hand using fine-wire intramuscular electrodes in targeted extrinsic muscles,” IEEE Trans. on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering, vol. 22, no. 4, pp. 828-836, 2014. Video pdf  Download Special issue on advances in control of multi-functional powered upper-limb prostheses Featured article: X
• M. D’Alonzo, S. Dosen, C. Cipriani, D. Farina, “HyVE – Hybrid Vibro-Electrotactile Stimulation – is an Efficient Approach to Multi-Channel Sensory Feedback”. IEEE Transactions on Haptics, vol. 7, no. 2, pp. 181-190, 2014. (on line version 2013) Download pdf
• T. Pistohl, C. Cipriani, A. Jackson, K. Nazarpour, “Abstract and Proportional Myoelectric Control for Multi-Fingered Hand Prostheses”. Annals of Biomedical Engineering, vol. 41, no. 12, pp. 2687-2689, 2013. pdf
• M. D'Alonzo, S. Došen, C. Cipriani, D. Farina, "HyVE: Hybrid Vibro-Electrotactile Stimulation for Sensory Feedback and Substitution in Rehabilitation," IEEE Trans. on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering, vol. 22, no. 2, pp. 290-301, 2014 (online version 2013). download pdf
• C. Antfolk, M. D’Alonzo, M. Controzzi, G. Lundborg, B. Rosén, F. Sebelius, C. Cipriani, "Artificial redirection of sensation from prosthetic fingers to the phantom hand map on transradial amputees: vibrotactile vs mechanotactile sensory feedback discrimination," IEEE Trans. on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering, vol. 21, no. 1, pp. 112-120, 2013 (online version 2012). pdf
• C. Antfolk, M. D’Alonzo, B. Rosén, G. Lundborg, F. Sebelius, C. Cipriani, "Sensory feedback in upper limb prosthetics," Expert Review of Medical Devices, vol. 10, no.1, pp. 45-54, 2013. pdf Download
• M. D’Alonzo and C. Cipriani, “Vibrotactile sensory substitution elicits feeling of ownership of an alien hand,” PLOS ONE, vol. 7, no. 11, pp. 1-9, 2012. Download
• M. Controzzi, F. Clemente, S. Dragoni, C. Cipriani, “A dexterous hand prosthesis based on a Gevena drive: preliminary design,“ In Proc. of the Myoelectric Control/Powered Prosthetics Symposium, Fredericton, NB, Canada, Aug. 18-22, 2014.

Conference papers

• F. Montagnani, M. Controzzi, C. Cipriani, “Exploiting arm posture synergies in activities of daily living to control the wrist rotation in upper limb prostheses: a feasibility study,” In Proc. of Intl. Conf. of the Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBC, Milan, Italy, August 25-29, 2015.
• H. Alangari, G. Kanitz, S. Tarantino, J. Rigosa, C. Cipriani, “Feature and Channel Selection using Correlation Based Method for Hand Posture Classification in Multiple Arm Positions,” International Conf. on NeuroRehabilitation, ICNR, Aalborg, Denmark, Jun. 24-26, 2014.
• F. Clemente and C. Cipriani, “A novel device for multi-modal sensory feedback in hand prosthetics: design and preliminary prototype,” In Proc. of IEEE Haptics Symposium, Houston, TX, Feb. 23-26, 2014.
• F. Montagnani, M. Controzzi, C. Cipriani, “Preliminary Design and Development of a two Degrees of Freedom passive compliant prosthetic wrist with switchable stiffness,” In Proc. of IEEE Intl. Conf. Robotics and Biomimetics (ROBIO), Shenzhen, China, Dec. 12 – 14, 2013.
• T. Pistohl, C. Cipriani, A. Jackson, K. Nazarpour, “Adapting Proportional Myoelectric-Controlled Interfaces for Prosthetic Hands,” In Proc. of Intl. Conf. of the Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBC, pp. 6195-6198, Osaka, Japan, July 3 – 7, 2013.
• F. Montagnani, M. Controzzi, C. Cipriani, “A comparison between different configurations of hand/wrist prostheses,“ In Proc. of the Myoelectric Control/Powered Prosthetics Symposium, Fredericton, NB, Canada, Aug. 18-22, 2014.