If you would like to be added to the wait list, please email: Camp@kinarm.com
Dexterit-E & Dexterit-E Explorer 3.10 has been released!
After a year and a half of hard work, the design and development teams at Kinarm are pleased to simultaneously release:
- Dexterit-E™ 3.10.0; and
- Dexterit-E Explorer™ 3.10.0
Some of the more noteworthy changes in Dexterit-E & Explorer 3.10.0 include:
- For Kinarm Standard Tests
- New Test: Paired Associates Learning
- Video instructions
- Updated Analysis for Arm Posture Perturbation: per our product advisory, the rare event in the task has been corrected.
- Updated analysis of VGR & RVGR:
- To better handle rare instances where Movement Time could look worse as a subject is improving.
- To avoid rare instances of very large values for Path Length Ratio.
- Updated RVGR’s Direction Errors parameter to be scaled by the number of completed trials when calculating Z-scores (i.e., for partial exams).
- Enhanced Analysis Export for more efficient (re)analysis of database records
- Task Development: Exoskeleton users can now define targets using the global frame of reference
- Kinarm Gaze-Tracker now uses an efficient 5-point calibration
- See the release notes for a full list of new features:
- Please note that Win7 “black case” Dexterit-E computers are not supported by this release (last shipped 2015).
All installers are available for download once logged into the Support website Software Downloads page. Please see the linked release notes for a complete list of changes and fixes.
Instructions for upgrading from 3.9 to 3.10:
- Go to the Kinarm website Support-Software Downloads page: http://www.
kinarm.com/support/software- downloads/ - Login or request an account:
- Download Dexterit-E 3.10.0 and the Task Development Kit 3.10.0 from the Software Downloads page.
- Install the software and run Dexterit-E 3.10.0 .
- Send the displayed Computer ID to support@kinarm.com.
- Kinarm support will send back a license key.
- Start Dexterit-E 3.10.0 again and enter the license key provided by Kinarm support.
- Rebuild all existing Custom Tasks using the Kinarm Task Development Kit 3.10.0.
- Review the updated manuals available on our website.
Instructions for upgrading Dexterit-E Explorer
- Go to the Kinarm website Support-Software Downloads page: http://www.
kinarm.com/support/software- downloads. No login is required. - Scroll down to Dexterit-E Explorer.
- Select your operating system.
- Download and run the installer.
- Mac users may need to allow the application to “open anyway” through your Security settings.
If you did not upgrade to Dexterit-E 3.9, and are jumping from 3.8 or earlier, you will need to:
- upgrade to Dexterit-E Explorer 3.10.0 at the same time.
- As of Dexterit-E 3.9, Dex uses a new file format to save exam data that is not backward compatible with previous (1.5 and earlier) releases of Dexterit-E Explorer.
- obtain the latest release of the Kinarm Analysis Scripts in order to load data recorded with Dexterit-E 3.9 or later. The updated MATLAB scripts are backwards compatible with previous releases and include several enhancements for usability and performance.
- contact support@kinarm.com to obtain a new license key for Dexterit-E 3.10.
- As always, Dexterit-E Explorer does not require a license and can be run on any Windows 64 bit or Mac OSx computer.
If you have any difficulty with the upgrade or want to give us feedback, please don’t hesitate to contact us at: support@kinarm.com
We look forward to your feedback on the new features,
The Development Team at Kinarm
Kinarm Support
Neuroscience 2022: November 13-16, 2022, San Diego Convention Centre, Booth #2631
WOW! It really is going to happen: an in-person exhibit hall! We can’t wait to see you again and to provide the opportunity see TWO Kinarm Labs in action. You have to ‘try it to believe it’!
Ian, Paul and Anne are travelling to San Diego to answer your tough questions and give demonstrations of our Kinarm End-Point Lab and Kinarm Exoskeleton Lab.
Send Anne a note if you want to pre-book your visit to avoid a wait!
Exhibit hours: 9:30-5 pm, Sunday through Wednesday
3.9 Released: Dexterit-E & Dexterit-E Explorer are Now Available *Update: Dexterit-E 3.9.4 Released*
Dexterit-E 3.9.4 patch has been released to address a significant MATLAB bug affecting the collection of Gaze data. This bug only affects users of MATLAB 2019b and Dexterit-E 3.9.
Queen’s Cinq à Sept Research Talks: You can’t fix what you can’t see!
With thanks to Queen’s Faculty of Health Sciences for this post.
Dr. Stephen Scott
Professor, Department of Biomedical and Molecular Sciences (cross appointed to the Department of Medicine)
Incoming Vice Dean Research for Queen’s Health Sciences
Dr. Scott stars in the role of researcher – and inventor – in this exploration of the impact of his robot, Kinarm, which is changing the way we understand the brain. The groundbreaking robot allows researchers to perform clinical testing to assess a broad range of brain functions including motor skills, perception, memory, and decision making.
Trained in systems designs engineering, and with a background in physiology, Dr. Scott has combined two areas of expertise into something incredible. Kinarm is used to assess neurological impairments related to stroke, MS, ALS, Transient Ischemic Attacks, Parkinson’s disease, kidney dialysis, and more.
Dr. Scott holds the GSK Chair in Neuroscience and has won several awards for innovative research. He is widely respected in Canada as a forward thinker and a team researcher, with a huge number of collaborations across disciplines; you’ll see why through his Research Talk.
Watch now »
Technical Bulletin: Kinarm Gaze-Tracker; Impact of Reducing the Number Calibration Targets
Abstract:
The 13-point calibration routine for the Kinarm Gaze-Tracker is slow, and often difficult to achieve a good subject calibration with, often requiring multiple calibration attempts. Two factors contribute to these problems: the large number of target locations used in the calibration routine and the large size of the region over which the calibration is performed. This study quantified the effects on calibration accuracy when each of these factors was reduced. The results show that reducing the number of targets from 13 to 5 has a small impact on calibration accuracy (1.0±0.6° vs 1.1±0.7°) while significantly reducing the total time for the calibration routine. Further, reducing the size of the 5-point calibration region from 100% to 70% had only a marginal increase in uncertainty (1.2±0.9°). It is recommended that for most Kinarm users a 5-point calibration routine will save time without sacrificing the quality of the collected data.
Impact of COVID 19: recovery phase
Like all businesses around the world, we are feeling the impacts of COVID 19. To keep you abreast of the impact, we’ve started this blog:
Learn more about the Arm Movement Matching task from its developers
Kinarm’s President and CEO Anne Vivian-Scott sat down with Dr. Sean Dukelow and Dr. Jennifer Semrau, the developers of the Arm Movement Matching (‘Kines’) task to discuss its utility in understanding kinesthesia.
Kinarm Labs Now Available to Brainbox Clients
Kinarm welcomes Brainbox as a value-added reseller of Kinarm Labs, bridging Kinarm Labs’ strength in the quantitative assessment of brain injury into the rapidly advancing field of neurostimulation.
Kinarm End-Point Lab (PN 14332) Released
We are pleased to announce the release of our latest model of Kinarm End-Point Lab, PN 14332.
This updated design includes many “under-the-hood” enhancements that preserve the ‘feel’ and function of the old Kinarm End-Point robot (PN 10288, first released in 2010) while bringing the overall electronics design up to current day standards.
To an experienced user, you may find it difficult to find the differences!