MyoBit: A Public Dataset Based on An Armband with 16 sEMG Channels for Gesture Recognition under Non-ideal Conditions

Wei Chen, Lihui Feng*, Jihua Lu*, Bian Wu, Dewei Liu

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Abstract

The robustness of surface electromyography (sEMG)-based gesture recognition in practical applications has received much attention due to the influence of external non-ideal factors. Unlike most existing sEMG-based gesture recognition datasets that use sparse or high-density resolution instruments for data acquisition under ideal conditions, this paper proposes a sEMG armband (Biofrontier) with semi-dense resolution that records 7 gestures from 24 subjects (12 male, 12 female) under 9 non-ideal conditions as a public dataset, MyoBit. The results demonstrate that Biofrontier has a high signal-to-noise ratio and repeatability, and the MyoBit is able to achieve a high accuracy of gesture recognition by classical classifiers. Furthermore, two methods for dataset augmentation, increasing resolution and expanding rotation data, have been proposed for researchers. The dataset link: www.biofrontier.cn/dataset.html

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2023 27th International Conference on Methods and Models in Automation and Robotics, MMAR 2023 - Proceedings
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages69-74
Number of pages6
ISBN (Electronic)9798350311075
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2023
Event27th International Conference on Methods and Models in Automation and Robotics, MMAR 2023 - Virtual, Online, Poland
Duration: 22 Aug 202325 Aug 2023

Publication series

Name2023 27th International Conference on Methods and Models in Automation and Robotics, MMAR 2023 - Proceedings

Conference

Conference27th International Conference on Methods and Models in Automation and Robotics, MMAR 2023
Country/TerritoryPoland
CityVirtual, Online
Period22/08/2325/08/23

Keywords

  • Dataset
  • gesture recognition
  • non-ideal conditions
  • robustness
  • surface electromyography

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