TY - JOUR
T1 - Design and Implementation of the Bio-inspired Facial Expressions for Medical Mannequin
AU - Baldrighi, Eric
AU - Thayer, Nicholas
AU - Stevens, Michael
AU - Echols, Sonya Ranson
AU - Priya, Shashank
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2014, Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht.
PY - 2014/11
Y1 - 2014/11
N2 - A medical mannequin is an intelligent device used in hospitals for providing medical students hands-on learning experience without the risk of injury to a human subject. The closer these mannequins become to mimicking the functionality of a human being, the better the quality of training. In this paper, we report the development of a biomimetic mechatronic face with eyes, skin and neck having human-like performance. The face was created with 13 degrees of freedom to incorporate all the action units necessary to reconstruct 7 basic expressions. The eyes were able to perform blinking, movement, iris dilation, and object tracking. The neck was a Stewart Platform with 6 degrees of freedom and was capable of translation and rotation that mimic the human vertebrae. A durable artificial skin was developed using silicone elastomer to replicate the texture and appearance of real human skin.
AB - A medical mannequin is an intelligent device used in hospitals for providing medical students hands-on learning experience without the risk of injury to a human subject. The closer these mannequins become to mimicking the functionality of a human being, the better the quality of training. In this paper, we report the development of a biomimetic mechatronic face with eyes, skin and neck having human-like performance. The face was created with 13 degrees of freedom to incorporate all the action units necessary to reconstruct 7 basic expressions. The eyes were able to perform blinking, movement, iris dilation, and object tracking. The neck was a Stewart Platform with 6 degrees of freedom and was capable of translation and rotation that mimic the human vertebrae. A durable artificial skin was developed using silicone elastomer to replicate the texture and appearance of real human skin.
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U2 - 10.1007/s12369-014-0240-4
DO - 10.1007/s12369-014-0240-4
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84919928547
SN - 1875-4791
VL - 6
SP - 555
EP - 574
JO - International Journal of Social Robotics
JF - International Journal of Social Robotics
IS - 4
ER -