Abstract:
A recent emphasis on the advancement of upper limb prosthetics, due in part to the
high number of injuries resulting from ongoing military conflicts, has accelerated
research in the field of advanced prosthetics. One important aspect of the controls
portion of this research is the ability to quickly transition from experimental algorithms to
control schemes which can be used and tested in real time by end users. Herein, the
authors introduce a powerful Matlab-based software package which facilitates rapid
prototyping and testing of novel real-time control schemes. The ACE (Acquisition and
Control Environment) application has recently been used as a research and clinical tool,
helping to verify the viability of existing myoelectric control strategies, and is helping to
accelerate the development of novel control schemes.
