TY - GEN
T1 - Quantification of masticatory efficiency with a mastication robot
AU - Takanobu, H.
AU - Yajima, T.
AU - Nakazawa, M.
AU - Takanishi, A.
AU - Ohtsuki, K.
AU - Ohnishi, M.
PY - 1998/1/1
Y1 - 1998/1/1
N2 - This paper describes the quantification of masticatory efficiency by using a mastication robot that was developed as a mechanical simulator of human masticatory jaw motion on the basis of dental robotics. The masticatory efficiency is evaluated on the basis of human mastication and the quantification of masticatory efficiency is studied experimentally. In this paper, the authors use the sifting test to quantify efficiency. The results of chewing experiments with robot by comparing the differences in chewing motion between clenching and grinding showed that the masticatory efficiency of the latter was higher than that of the former.
AB - This paper describes the quantification of masticatory efficiency by using a mastication robot that was developed as a mechanical simulator of human masticatory jaw motion on the basis of dental robotics. The masticatory efficiency is evaluated on the basis of human mastication and the quantification of masticatory efficiency is studied experimentally. In this paper, the authors use the sifting test to quantify efficiency. The results of chewing experiments with robot by comparing the differences in chewing motion between clenching and grinding showed that the masticatory efficiency of the latter was higher than that of the former.
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U2 - 10.1109/ROBOT.1998.677388
DO - 10.1109/ROBOT.1998.677388
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:0031626277
SN - 078034300X
T3 - Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation
SP - 1635
EP - 1640
BT - Proceedings - 1998 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, ICRA 1998
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
T2 - 15th IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, ICRA 1998
Y2 - 16 May 1998 through 20 May 1998
ER -