A Technique for Measuring Visuomotor Feedback Contributions to the Control of an Inverted Pendulum

We developed a new technique to measure the contributions of rapid visuomotor feedback responses to the stabilization of a simulated inverted pendulum. Human participants balanced an inverted pendulum simulated on a robotic manipulandum. At a random time during the balancing task, the visual represe...

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Published in2019 41st Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC) Vol. 2019; pp. 1513 - 1516
Main Authors Franklin, David W., Cesonis, Justinas, Franklin, Sae, Leib, Raz
Format Conference Proceeding Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States IEEE 01.07.2019
Subjects
Atmospheric measurements
Biomechanical Phenomena
Feedback
Force
Humans
Motion
Particle measurements
Perturbation methods
Photic Stimulation
Postural Balance
Probes
Robots
Visualization
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Summary:We developed a new technique to measure the contributions of rapid visuomotor feedback responses to the stabilization of a simulated inverted pendulum. Human participants balanced an inverted pendulum simulated on a robotic manipulandum. At a random time during the balancing task, the visual representation of the tip of the pendulum was shifted by a small displacement to the left or right while the motor response was measured. This response was either the exerted force against a fixation position, or the motion to re-stabilize the pendulum in the free condition. Our results demonstrate that rapid involuntary visuomotor feedback responses contribute to the stabilization of the pendulum.
ISSN:1557-170X
1558-4615
DOI:10.1109/EMBC.2019.8857119