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• [P353] Relating biodynamic feedthrough to neuromuscular admittance
  Author(s): Joost Venrooij, Marinus Maria Van Paassen, Mark Mulder, David A. Abbink, Max Mulder
  
  

  Abstract
  When an operator in a moving vehicle is performing a manual control tasks, the accelerations to which the operator is subjected can result in unintentional control inputs. This biodynamic feedthrough (BDFT) depends on the properties of the control device and of the control limb. Humans can adjust the dynamics properties of their limbs, effectively changing the limb admittance. Previous studies of BDFT did not consider the effect of this adjustment on BDFT. This paper describes a model for BDFT and an experiment in a moving base simulator with subjects performing a control task with a side stick. During the experiment the neuromuscular admittance was varied by using different control tasks, each requiring a different neuromuscular setting. The non-parametric results of this experiment show that the level of feedthrough is strongly dependent on both the frequency of the disturbance and the neuromuscular admittance. The results furthermore suggest that a relationship can be established between admittance and biodynamic feedthrough.

  
   

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