MYKI è un progetto di ricerca finanziato dall’European Research Council tramite ERC Starting Grant 2015, uno dei programmi di finanziamento per la ricerca e l’innovazione più competitivi a livello internazionale. Il progetto, che porta la firma di Christian Cipriani, è il primo ERC assegnato alla Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna.
In linea con la missione dell’Artificial Hands Area, MYKI mira a sviluppare e a valutare clinicamente una protesi di mano con sensori tattili che è controllata e percepita in modo naturale dall'amputato. Questo sarà possibile superando gli approcci convenzionali basati sulla registrazione di segnali elettrici dal sistema nervoso periferico (nervi o muscoli scheletrici): MYKI progetterà infatti un sistema di interfaccia macchina-uomo radicalmente nuovo, basato sui principi del campo magnetico, in grado di decodificare i comandi di motori volontari e trasmettere feedback sensoriali all'individuo.

Cuore del sistema sarà una serie di magneti impiantabili nei muscoli in grado monitorare lo stato di contrazione dei muscoli residui, come avviene naturalmente quando si compie un’azione motoria, e usare questa informazione per muovere le dita di una protesi.
MYKI presenta quindi un nuovo approccio nello sviluppo della ricerca scientifica sulle protesi robotiche: la nuova interfaccia uomo-macchina sarà valutata in corso d’opera su un paziente amputato, che testerà la protesi in Italia.
Segui i dettagli e gli aggiornamenti di MYKI sul sito del progetto.

ENTE FINANZIATORE: ERC - European Research Council
NUMERO DEL PROGETTO: 679820
PERIODO E DURATA: 2016-2020 (60 mesi)
FINANZIAMENTO: 1,5 M€
COORDINATORE:  Christian Cipriani

Pubblicazioni scientifiche

Articoli su rivista

• M. Gherardini, F. Clemente, S. Milici, et al, Localization accuracy of multiple magnets in a myokinetic control interface. Sci Rep 11, 4850 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-84390-8;

• V. Iacovacci, I. Naselli, A.R. Salgarella, F. Clemente, L. Ricotti, C. Cipriani, Stability and in vivo safety of gold, titanium nitride and parylene C coatings on NdFeB magnets implanted in muscles towards a new generation of myokinetic prosthetic limbs. RSC Advances, 11(12), 6766-6775 (2021);

• F. Ferrari, CE. Shell, ZC. Thumser, F. Clemente, EB. Plow, C. Cipriani PD. Marasco, Proprioceptive Augmentation With Illusory Kinaesthetic Sensation in Stroke Patients Improves Movement Quality in an Active Upper Limb Reach-and-Point Task. Front. Neurorobot. 15:610673 (2021). doi: 10.3389/fnbot.2021.610673;

• M. Pinardi, F. Ferrari, M. D’Alonzo, F. Clemente, L. Raiano, C. Cipriani & G. Di Pino, Doublecheck: a sensory confirmation is required to own a robotic hand, sending a command to feel in charge of it, Cognitive Neuroscience, DOI: 10.1080/17588928.2020.1793751, 2020;

• S. Milici, M. Gherardini, F. Clemente, F. Masiero, P. Sassu, & C. Cipriani, The myokinetic control interface: how many magnets can be implanted in an amputated forearm? Evidence from a simulated environment, IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering, 2020;

• E. Mastinu, L.F. Engels, F. Clemente, M. Dione, P. Sassu, O. Aszmann, et al, Neural feedback strategies to improve grasping coordination in neuromusculoskeletal prostheses, Sci Rep. 2020;10: 1–14. doi:10.1038/s41598-020-67985-5;

• I.J.R. Martinez, A. Mannini, F. Clemente, A.M. Sabatini, & C. Cipriani, Grasp force estimation from the transient EMG using high-density surface recordings, Journal of Neural Engineering, 17(1), 016052, 2020;

• I. J. R. Martínez, A. Mannini, F. Clemente, & C. Cipriani, Online Grasp Force Estimation From the Transient EMG, IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering, 28(10), 2333-2341, 2020;

• L. Cappello, W. Alghilan, M. Gabardi, D. Leonardis, M. Barsotti, A. Frisoli, & C. Cipriani, Continuous supplementary tactile feedback can be applied (and then removed) to enhance precision manipulation, Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation, 17(1), 1-13, 2020

• S. Tarantino, F. Clemente, A. De Simone, C. Cipriani, Feasibility of tracking multiple implanted magnets with a myokinetic control interface: simulation and experimental evidence based on the point dipole model, IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering (August 2019);

• V. Ortenzi, M. Controzzi, F. Cini, J. Leitner, M. Bianchi, M.A. Roa, P. Corke, Robotic manipulation and the role of the task in the metric of success, Nature Machine Intelligence, Vol. 1, Issue 8 (August 2019);

• F. Clemente, V. Ianniciello, M. Gherardini, C. Cipriani, Development of an Embedded Myokinetic Prosthetic Hand Controller, Sensors 2019, Vol. 19, Issue 14 (July 2019);

• F. Cini, V. Ortenzi, P. Corke, M. Controzzi, On the choice of grasp type and location when handing over an object, Science Robotics, Vol. 4, Issue 27 (February 2019); Watch the video 

• F. Ferrari, F. Clemente, C. Cipriani, The preload force affects the perception threshold of muscle vibration-induced movement illusions, Experimental Brain Research (October 2018);

• M. Controzzi, H. Singh, F. Cini, T. Cecchini, A. Wing, C. Cipriani, Humans adjust their grip force when passing an object according to the observed speed of the partner’s reaching out movement, Experimental Brain Research (September 2018);

• G. Kanitz, C. Cipriani, B. B. Edin, Classification of Transient Myoelectric Signals for the Control of Multi-Grasp Hand Prostheses, IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering (Vol. 26, Issue 9, September 2018);

• M. Aboseria, F. Clemente, L. F. Engels, C. Cipriani, Discrete Vibro-Tactile Feedback Prevents Object Slippage in Hand Prostheses More Intuitively Than Other Modalities, IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering (Vol. 26, Issue 8, August 2018);

• A. W. Shehata, L. F. Engels, M. Controzzi, C. Cipriani, E. J. Scheme, J. W. Sensinger, Improving internal model strength and performance of prosthetic hands using augmented feedback, Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation 2018 (July 2018);

• G. Kanitz, F. Montagnani, M. Controzzi, C. Cipriani, Compliant Prosthetic Wrists Entail More Natural Use Than Stiff Wrists During Reaching, Not (Necessarily) During Manipulation, IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering (Vol. 26, Issue 7, July 2018);

• S.Tarantino, F. Clemente, D. Barone, M. Controzzi, C. Cipriani, The myokinetic control interface: tracking implanted magnets as a means for prosthetic control, Scientific Reports 7, Article number: 17149 (2017); Vedi il video.

Articoli presentati a conferenze

• M. Gherardini, F. Masiero, S. Milici, F. Clemente, & c. Cipriani (2020, July), The myokinetic control interface: how many magnets can be implanted in an amputated forearm? Evidences from a simulated environment. In MEC Symposium Conference;

• V. Ianniciello, M. Gherardini, F. Clemente, & C. Cipriani (2020, July), Myokinetic prosthesis control oriented environmental magnetic disturb analysis. In MEC Symposium Conference;

• J. Montero, M. Gherardini, F. Clemente, & C. Cipriani (2020, May), Comparison of online algorithms for the tracking of multiple magnetic targets in a myokinetic control interface. In 2020 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA) (pp. 2770-2776). IEEE;

• T. A. Lenssen, L. Cappello, D. H. Plettenburg, C. Cipriani, and M. Controzzi, Principal orientations of the wrist during ADLs: Towards the design of a synergetic wrist prosthesis, in International Conference on NeuroRehabilitation, 2018, vol. 21, pp. 339–343, doi: 10.1007/978-3- 030-01845-0_68;

• L. F. Engels, L. Cappello, & C. Cipriani (2018, August), Digital Extensions with Bi-axial Fingertip Sensors for Supplementary Tactile Feedback Studies, In 2018 7th IEEE International Conference on Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics (Biorob) (pp. 1199-1204). IEEE;

• I. J. R. Martinez, F. Clemente, G. Kanitz, A. Mannini, A.M. Sabatini, & C. Cipriani (2018, August). Grasp Force Estimation from HD-EMG Recordings with Channel Selection Using Elastic Nets: Preliminary Study, In 2018 7th IEEE International Conference on Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics (Biorob) (pp. 25-30). IEEE;

• S. Tarantino, F. Clemente, D. Barone, M. Controzzi, C. Cipriani, The MYKI interface: implanted magnets tracking as a novel method for prosthetic hands control, In Proc. of the Myoelectric Control/Powered Prosthetics Symposium, Fredericton, NB, Canada, Aug. 15-18, 2017;
• S. Tarantino, F. Clemente, D. Barone, M. Controzzi, C. Cipriani, A myokinetic HMI for the control of hand prostheses: a feasibility study, International Conference on NeuroRehabilitation, Segovia, Spain, October 19-22, 2016.