This document proposes a system for recognizing hand gestures using surface electromyography (sEMG) and artificial neural networks. sEMG signals are collected from the forearm using a Myo wristband to measure muscle activity. The signals are preprocessed to remove noise and extract time and frequency domain features. An artificial neural network classifier is then trained to predict different gesture classes from the features, achieving 87.32% accuracy in recognizing various hand movements. The proposed system provides an effective method for hand gesture recognition using sEMG signals and neural networks for applications in human-computer interaction and assistive technologies.