Continuous ankle motion prediction from bi-channel EMG signals: a hybrid BWO-FAWT and GRU approach
摘要
The continuous prediction of joint angles from surface electromyography (sEMG) signals is essential for improving human-robot interaction systems in rehabilitation and assistive robotics. However, sEMG signals are often contaminated by noise and artifacts, posing a significant challenge to accurate and real-time prediction of joint movements. This study proposes a hybrid method combining an advanced denoising algorithm, Black Widow Optimization-Flexible Analytical Wavelet Transform (BWO-FAWT), and a predictive model based on gated recurrent units (GRU). Following the application of this method to experimental data, significant improvements in signal quality and prediction accuracy were observed. The BWO-FAWT effectively optimizes signal quality with an average signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) of 15.72±1.53 dB. The GRU model achieves high prediction performance, with a root mean square error (RMSE) of