A soft biomimetic tongue: model reconstruction and motion tracking

Xuanming Lu; Weiliang Xu; Xiaoning Li

doi:10.1117/12.2218318

22 April 2016 A soft biomimetic tongue: model reconstruction and motion tracking

Xuanming Lu, Weiliang Xu, Xiaoning Li

Proceedings Volume 9797, Bioinspiration, Biomimetics, and Bioreplication 2016; 97970Y (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2218318
Event: SPIE Smart Structures and Materials + Nondestructive Evaluation and Health Monitoring, 2016, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States

Abstract

A bioinspired robotic tongue which is actuated by a network of compressed air is proposed for the purpose of mimicking the movements of human tongue. It can be applied in the fields such as medical science and food engineering. The robotic tongue is made of two kinds of silicone rubber Ecoflex 0030 and PDMS with the shape simplified from real human tongue. In order to characterize the robotic tongue, a series of experiments were carried out. Laser scan was applied to reconstruct the static model of robotic tongue when it was under pressurization. After each scan, the robotic tongue was scattered into dense points in the same 3D coordinate system and the coordinates of each point were recorded. Motion tracking system (OptiTrack) was used to track and record the whole process of deformation dynamically during the loading and unloading phase. In the experiments, five types of deformation were achieved including roll-up, roll-down, elongation, groove and twist. Utilizing the discrete points generated by laser scan, the accurate parameterized outline of robotic tongue under different pressure was obtained, which could help demonstrate the static characteristic of robotic tongue. The precise deformation process under one pressure was acquired through the OptiTrack system which contains a series of digital cameras, markers on the robotic tongue and a set of hardware and software for data processing. By means of tracking and recording different process of deformation under different pressure, the dynamic characteristic of robotic tongue could be achieved.

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Xuanming Lu, Weiliang Xu, and Xiaoning Li "A soft biomimetic tongue: model reconstruction and motion tracking", Proc. SPIE 9797, Bioinspiration, Biomimetics, and Bioreplication 2016, 97970Y (22 April 2016); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2218318

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