# EMG wrist-hand motion recognition system for real-time Embedded platform

arXiv: https://arxiv.org/abs/1903.06764 · HTML: https://mlsanity.com/paper/1903.06764/

## Key facts

- Cited by 1 papers in the map (data through 14 Oct 2026).
- First posted on arXiv 15 Mar 2019.

## Built on by (most cited first, 1 of 1)

- [A Graph Neural Network Model for Real-Time Gesture Recognition Based on sEMG Signals](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2607.07850/) (2026)

## Abstract (arXiv)

Electromyography (EMG) signal analysis is a popular method for controlling prosthetic and gesture control equipment. For portable systems, such as prosthetic limbs, real-time low-power operation on embedded processors is critical, but to date, there has been no record of how existing EMG analysis approaches support such deployments. This paper presents a novel approach to time-domain classification of multi-channel EMG signals harnessed from randomly-placed sensors according to the wrist-hand movements which caused their occurrence. It shows how, by employing a very small set of time-domain features, Kernel Fisher discriminant feature projection and Radial Bias Function neural network classifiers, nine wrist-hand movements can be detected with accuracy exceeding 99% - surpassing the state-of-the-art on record. It also shows how, when deployed on ARM Cortex-A53, the processing time is not only sufficient to enable real-time processing but is also a factor 50 shorter than the leading time-frequency techniques on record.