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  • MYOLINK esports: Exploring EMG-based Control Interface through Muscle Activation and Inhibition to Enable Common Gameplay Mechanics among Players with and without Physical Disabilities

    Masato Shindo, Shiina Takano, Shuto Sako, Akihiro Miyata, Ryosuke Aoki · 2026 · Proceedings of the 2026 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI '26)

    Shindo, Takano, Sako, Miyata, and Aoki (NTT and Nihon University) propose MYOLINK esports, a paradigm for inclusive competitive gaming that shifts game control from kinematic inputs (body position and posture) to kinetic inputs (muscle force). Four surface-EMG sensors are placed…

    esports · inclusive esports · electromyography · EMG · game accessibility

  • Open, Accurate, and Calibration-Free Muscle-Computer Interfaces

    Ethan Eddy, Evan Campbell, Erik J. Scheme, Scott Bateman · 2026 · Proceedings of the 2026 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI '26)

    Eddy and colleagues tackle one of the long-standing barriers to practical muscle-computer interfaces (MCIs): that accurate, cross-user gesture recognition from forearm EMG has historically required either per-user calibration or access to closed datasets and proprietary…

    muscle-computer interface · electromyography · EMG · gesture recognition · machine learning

  • How Do People with Limited Movement Personalize Upper-Body Gestures? Considerations for the Design of Personalized and Accessible Gesture Interfaces

    Momona Yamagami, Alexandra A Portnova-Fahreeva, Junhan Kong, Jacob O. Wobbrock, Jennifer Mankoff · 2023 · Proceedings of the 25th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS '23)

    This study investigates how people with upper-body motor impairments design personalized gestures for common device functions like move, select, zoom-in, open, and delete. The researchers recruited 25 participants with conditions including spinal cord injury (13), muscular…

    motor impairments · gesture input · personalization · wearable sensors · electromyography

  • Exploring Aural Navigation by Screenless Access

    Mikaylah Gross, Joe Dara, Christopher Meyer, Davide Bolchini · 2018 · Proceedings of the 15th International Web for All Conference (W4A 2018)

    This paper introduces screenless access, a paradigm for browsing aural information architectures using one-handed, in-air gestures recognised by an off-the-shelf Myo armband, freeing blind and visually impaired users from the constraint of holding and touching a smartphone…

    blind · visual impairment · gesture interaction · wearable technology · mobile accessibility

  • Text Entry via Discrete and Analog Myoelectric Signals

    Adam J. Sporka, Antonín Posusta, Ondrej Poláček, Tomáš Flek, Jakub Otáhal · 2014 · ASSETS '14: Proceedings of the 16th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers & Accessibility

    This demo paper presents a prototype system for text entry using surface electromyography (sEMG) signals detected from muscles in the user's forearm. The system is intended for people with upper extremity disabilities who retain the ability to control their forearm muscles.…

    assistive technology · text entry · electromyography · biosignals · motor impairments

  • Consolidating computer operation and wheelchair control

    Torsten Felzer, Rainer Nordmann · 2007 · Proceedings of the 9th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS '07)

    This short ASSETS 2007 demo proposal from Torsten Felzer and Rainer Nordmann at Darmstadt University of Technology describes the integration of two previously separate assistive systems they had built for people with severe physical disabilities. The first, HaMCoS (HAnds-free…

    hands-free interaction · muscle contraction · electromyography · powered wheelchair · mouse emulation

  • HaWCoS: The "Hands-free" Wheelchair Control System

    Torsten Felzer, Bernd Freisleben · 2002 · Proceedings of the Fifth International ACM Conference on Assistive Technologies (Assets 02)

    This paper introduces HaWCoS (Hands-free Wheelchair Control System), a system that enables people with severe physical disabilities to control an electrically powered wheelchair using muscle contractions from any single muscle group in their body, without requiring the use of…

    electromyography · wheelchair control · physical disability · alternative input · assistive technology

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