Abstract
This paper describes the development of a mouth-opening and -closing training robot WY-3 (Waseda Yamanashi-3) that has been designed and developed by combining oral-maxillofacial surgery and robotics. Mouth-opening training is useful for the rehabilitation of patients who have problems opening and closing their mouths. Conventional mouth-opening apparatuses (such as wooden screws, bite blocks and clothespins type apparatus) only increase mouth-opening distance and do not have actuators, sensors, and/or control systems. Moreover, during therapy the quantitative force data is unknown in spite of its importance for the standardization of mouth-opening and -closing training. Mouth-opening and -closing training robot WY-3 consists of mechanical, actuation, sensor, and control systems. As a result of therapy using WY-3, the mouth-opening distance increased from 36 to 41[mm].
| Original language | English |
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| Pages | 1604-1609 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Publication status | Published - 1999 Dec 1 |
| Event | 1999 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS'99): Human and Environment Friendly Robots whith High Intelligence and Emotional Quotients' - Kyongju, South Korea Duration: 1999 Oct 17 → 1999 Oct 21 |
Other
| Other | 1999 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS'99): Human and Environment Friendly Robots whith High Intelligence and Emotional Quotients' |
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| City | Kyongju, South Korea |
| Period | 99/10/17 → 99/10/21 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Control and Systems Engineering
- Software
- Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
- Computer Science Applications