myoelectric
adjective
myo·elec·tric
ˌmī-ō-i-ˈlek-trik 
variants
or less commonly myoelectrical
: of, relating to, or utilizing electricity generated by muscle
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For example, myoelectric (bionic) limbs rely on sensors that lie flesh with your muscles to move.
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Chloé Valentine Toscano, Allure, 30 Nov. 2023
Yoshida became interested in manufacturing at an early age, learning how to weld at his grandfather's ironworks and then going on to found a company that produces myoelectric prosthetic hands.
—Fox News, 2 Oct. 2023
And while most myoelectric prostheses run based on a series of surface electrodes placed on the skin of the user’s residual limb, these electrodes can slide around, causing the prosthesis to become unreliable.
—WIRED, 1 Aug. 2023
The company agreed to fund a working group to develop a myoelectric prosthetic arm.
—IEEE Spectrum, 30 July 2023
In my lifetime, myoelectric hands have evolved from hideous claw contraptions to hands that are anatomically similar to that of the human hand.
—Jessica Smith, Time, 7 July 2023
The most common control mechanism records the electrical activity in the arm muscles – a technique known as myoelectric sensing—and then uses this to actuate the prosthetic.
—The Physics Arxiv Blog, Discover Magazine, 21 Mar. 2022
For myoelectric users, the device was used for grasping just 40 percent of the time.
—IEEE Spectrum, 21 Aug. 2022
Many prosthetics work using myoelectric devices, where the limb, such as this bionic hand , moves in response to muscle contractions.
—Ashley P. Taylor, Discover Magazine, 6 Nov. 2012
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Chloé Valentine Toscano, Allure, 30 Nov. 2023
Yoshida became interested in manufacturing at an early age, learning how to weld at his grandfather's ironworks and then going on to found a company that produces myoelectric prosthetic hands.
—Fox News, 2 Oct. 2023
And while most myoelectric prostheses run based on a series of surface electrodes placed on the skin of the user’s residual limb, these electrodes can slide around, causing the prosthesis to become unreliable.
—WIRED, 1 Aug. 2023
The company agreed to fund a working group to develop a myoelectric prosthetic arm.
—IEEE Spectrum, 30 July 2023
In my lifetime, myoelectric hands have evolved from hideous claw contraptions to hands that are anatomically similar to that of the human hand.
—Jessica Smith, Time, 7 July 2023
The most common control mechanism records the electrical activity in the arm muscles – a technique known as myoelectric sensing—and then uses this to actuate the prosthetic.
—The Physics Arxiv Blog, Discover Magazine, 21 Mar. 2022
For myoelectric users, the device was used for grasping just 40 percent of the time.
—IEEE Spectrum, 21 Aug. 2022
Many prosthetics work using myoelectric devices, where the limb, such as this bionic hand , moves in response to muscle contractions.
—Ashley P. Taylor, Discover Magazine, 6 Nov. 2012
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myoelectric
adjective
myo·elec·tric
ˌmī-ō-i-ˈlek-trik
variants
also myoelectrical
: of, relating to, or utilizing electricity generated by muscle
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