HandY is a bionic hand developed by one of our researchers from the BISITE research group. This prototype has been developed as a practical and useful alternative for controlling hand and foot prostheses through the muscles of people who have lost their limbs. They are controlled by a system which has a muscle-computer interface. In this case, the bionic hand has a series of motors which move the five fingers independently. In addition, sensors and electrodes are located over the skin, they measure the surface electricity which is produced when muscles are contracted (surface electromyography). The designed system measures the surface electricity on the skin, it interprets it and generates the movement of the motors which cause the hand to move.

The cost of the system is low in order to make it accessible to a large number of people, it has been created using a simple electronic system and 3D printing. This last feature allows to highly personalize the product since each person will be able to redesign and reprint their own prosthesis and adapt it to their likes and needs. Lastly, this prosthesis allows to configure different types of movements which can be adapted to each individual and specific circumstances. All of this makes this product a great development in the field of bionic prosthesis. Its developer, Ramiro Sánchez Torres, continues working on the project in order to provide the users of these prostheses with more features. I would like to congratulate him for his ideas and fantastic work and I wish him great success.

Posted by Juan M. Corchado

Juan Manuel Corchado (15 May 1971, Salamanca, Spain) is Professor at the University of Salamanca. He has been Vice-Rector for Research from 2013 to 2017 and Director of the Science Park of the University of Salamanca. Elected as Dean of the Faculty of Science twice, he holds a PhD in Computer Science from the University of Salamanca and a PhD in Artificial Intelligence from the University of the West of Scotland. He leads the renowned BISITE (Bioinformatics, Intelligent Systems and Educational Technology) Research Group, created in 2000. Director of the IoT Digital Innovation Hub and President of the AIR Institute, J. M. Corchado is also Visiting Professor at the Osaka Institute of Technology since January 2015, Visiting Professor at the Universiti Malaysia Kelantan and Member of the Advisory Group on Online Terrorist Propaganda of the European Counter Terrorism Centre (EUROPOL). J. M. Corchado has been president of the IEEE Systems, Man and Cybernetics Society, and academic coordinator of the University Institute for Research in Art and Animation Technology at the University of Salamanca, as well as researcher at the Universities of Paisley (UK), Vigo (Spain) and the Plymouth Marine Laboratory (UK). He currently combines all his activity with the direction of Master programmes in Security, Digital Animation, Mobile Telephony, Information Systems Management, Internet of Things, Social Media, 3D Design and Printing, Blockchain, Z System, Industry 4.0, Agile Project Management, and Smart Cities & Intelligent Buildings, at the University of Salamanca and his work as editor-in-chief of the journals ADCAIJ (Advances in Distributed Computing and Artificial Intelligence Journal), OJCST (Oriental Journal of Computer Science and Technology) or Electronics MDPI (Computer Science & Engineering section). J. M. Corchado mainly works on projects related to Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Blockchain, IoT, Fog Computing, Edge Computing, Smart Cities, Smart Grids and Sentiment Analysis. He has recently been included in the board of trustees of the AstraZeneca Foundation, along with other health professionals and researchers recognised for bringing scientific knowledge closer to society.

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