This paper describes a parallel, dynamic programming algorithm for computing the space of high quality , whole-hand grasps of a target object that match a given grasp prototype, or example grasp. The grasp prototype is used to deene a quality measure that allows the contacts of a grasp to be optimized independently. Link conngurations that achieve high quality contacts are identiied and chained...

OBJECTIVE To describe a novel feedback device (Grasp Rehabilitation Accessory for Stroke Patients [GRASP]) that gives feedback on the time lag between the start of hand opening and the start of transport during reach-to-grasp movements, and to report the results of a preliminary series of single case studies to assess the utility of the device for improving the coordination of arm and hand at t...

Redundancy identification and removal is a critical step that typically follows logic synthesis or optimization. In principle, it should be possible to restrict the transformations applied by synthesis and optimization algorithms to those that preserve testability. In practice, however, few, if any, synthesis programs can guarantee the irredundancy of the logic circuits they produce. It may als...

GRASP is a Greedy Randomised Adaptive Sampling Procedure that has been proposed to estimate parameters of self-exciting autoregressive threshold models (SETARs) with multivariate thresholds. We show that the GRASP procedure can often lead to an incorrect number of thresholds when estimating SETARs. Two simple modifications of the original GRASP procedure are suggested to overcome this problem. ...