TY - GEN
T1 - Development of automatic teeth cleaning robot driven by cam mechanism
AU - Sakaeda, Gen
AU - Matsubara, Takanobu
AU - Ishii, Hiroyuki
AU - Takanishi, Atsuo
N1 - Funding Information:
This research was supported by the Japanese Science and Technology Agency’s program for creating Start-ups for advanced research and technology (START Program).
Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 IEEE.
PY - 2017/8/23
Y1 - 2017/8/23
N2 - Tooth brushing plays an important role in one's health, and particularly, in the prevention of oral diseases. It is a fundamental oral care technique in daily life; however, many elderly or handicapped people cannot brush their teeth without assistance from helpers. The purpose of this study is to develop an automatic teeth cleaning mouthpiece robot. One of the most common methods of brushing teeth is to move the toothbrush along the row of teeth. Hence, a mechanism to wipe teeth using sponges is designed and it consists of an eccentric cam, a wiper with sponges, and a rounded guide rail. This mechanism generates rounded wiper motions along the row of teeth. Furthermore, a safety system is designed to prevent aspiration. Brushing stops automatically when the user lifts his/her jaw up from the jaw supporter.
AB - Tooth brushing plays an important role in one's health, and particularly, in the prevention of oral diseases. It is a fundamental oral care technique in daily life; however, many elderly or handicapped people cannot brush their teeth without assistance from helpers. The purpose of this study is to develop an automatic teeth cleaning mouthpiece robot. One of the most common methods of brushing teeth is to move the toothbrush along the row of teeth. Hence, a mechanism to wipe teeth using sponges is designed and it consists of an eccentric cam, a wiper with sponges, and a rounded guide rail. This mechanism generates rounded wiper motions along the row of teeth. Furthermore, a safety system is designed to prevent aspiration. Brushing stops automatically when the user lifts his/her jaw up from the jaw supporter.
KW - Cam mechanism
KW - Oral care
KW - Rounded shaped slide guide
KW - Tooth brushing
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U2 - 10.1109/ICMA.2017.8015874
DO - 10.1109/ICMA.2017.8015874
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85030314790
T3 - 2017 IEEE International Conference on Mechatronics and Automation, ICMA 2017
SP - 536
EP - 540
BT - 2017 IEEE International Conference on Mechatronics and Automation, ICMA 2017
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
T2 - 14th IEEE International Conference on Mechatronics and Automation, ICMA 2017
Y2 - 6 August 2017 through 9 August 2017
ER -