Can familiarization with a supernumerary robotic finger restore task-dependent cortico-autonomic coupling in first-time healthy users?

Feryal A. Alskafi, Mohammad I. Awad, Faezeh Marzbanrad, Rateb Katmah, Sona Al Younis, Ahsan H. Khandoker, Kinda Khalaf, Herbert F. Jelinek, Department of Biomedical Engineering and Biotechnology, Khalifa University, Abu Dhabi, The Healthcare Engineering Innovation Group , Khalifa University, Abu Dhabi, and Biomedical Engineering Department, College of Engineering, Abu Dhabi University, Abu Dhabi, Department of Electrical and Computer Systems Engineering, Monash University, Department of Medical Sciences, Khalifa University, Abu Dhabi

The International Journal of Robotics Research

Published online on March 31, 2026

Abstract

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Supernumerary Robotic Fingers (SRFs) have proven their capabilities in enhancing manipulation and dexterity in precision tasks enabling multitasking in healthy individuals, while also playing a compensatory role for those with motor impairments. However, ...