ARM / Arm Prosthesis Race
MiaHand
Italy
About the Team
Prensilia was founded in 2009 as a spin-off of the Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna. Its birth was possible thanks to the ingenuity and willpower of a group of researchers who sought to make their developed technologies usable for all national and international research laboratories.
For years, the Tuscan company has supplied highly dexterous anthropomorphic hands worldwide to research centres and universities, both for educational and research purposes. Products developed by Prensilia have been used as research platforms in several R&D projects across different fields, such as artificial intelligence, neuroscience, prosthetics, human-robot interaction and humanoid robotics.
Since 2016, Prensilia has increasingly taken the path of developing upper-limb prostheses, aiming to directly improve the quality of life of people with limb differences.
MiaHand
About the Pilot
Simone lives in Tuscany and works in a cooperative company. He is always eager to try new technologies, both due to his interest in innovation, as well as a personal will to understand what he is able to do exploiting new technologies. He actively participates and helps in the organisation of events that promote engagement in paralympic sports as a way to share spaces and collaborate with people with any kind of ability.
About the Device
Born not to be disguised. Born and raised with pride. We strongly believe that the use of cosmetic gloves is no longer necessary these days. Your multi-articulated myoelectric prosthesis is now able to adapt to your life and your style. Eclectic or minimal? It matters little.
Mia Hand is the first myoelectric prosthesis that is fully customisable in its external elements: glove, fingers, fingertips, and covers.
Today, Mia Hand is the ideal solution to satisfy your functional, aesthetic and control simplicity needs. It is strong and fast, as well as easy to control. It allows the performance of the three grasps mainly used during activities of daily living (cylindrical, pinch and lateral) using a simple two-site amplitude-modulated EMG controller. This allows the device to be used by anyone, without the need to use complex control systems and multiple electrodes.