Researchers have created a human-like robot that mimics a child's behaviour in order to train dentists.
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Tmsuk, a dental school, and robotics firm situated in Tokyo, Japan, developed it to mimic crucial symptoms like vomiting, fits, and sobbing.
It's called Pedia Roid, and it's controlled by a tablet that's been designed to trigger various responses. This causes movement and other expressions by sending signals to air cylinders in the silicon robot's joints.
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The robot is directed at both dental and medical students during their training. Developers said it helps to fill a gap where there are ‘few opportunities for clinical training for children in the field of medical education.
Developed by Showa University’s Department of Orthodontics, other symptoms the robot imitates include:
- Emotional expressions, such as pain and crying
- Coughing, sneezing, and vomiting.
- Body movements such as writhing, flapping arms and legs, tonic and clonic spasms
- Change in face color and facial expression
- Eye movements, including the opening and closing of eyelids
- Different breathing, such as wheezing and auscultation of lung sounds.
The robot is 110cm tall and weighs 23kg. It is modeled after a toddler aged five to six years old. The doll currently costs roughly 25 million Japanese yen, which is more than £150,000.
Source: Dailymail
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