FMRI Compatible Sensing Glove for Hand Gesture Monitoring

Here we describe and validate a fabric sensing glove for hand finger movement monitoring. After a quick calibration procedure, and by suitably processing the outputs of the glove, it is possible to estimate the hand joint angles in real time. Moreover we tested the fMRI compatibility of the glove and run a pilot fMRI experiment on the neural correlates of handshaking during human-to-human human-to-robot interactions. Here we describe how the glove can be used to monitor correct task execution and to improve modeling of the expected hemodynamic responses during fMRI experimental paradigm.