Physical anthropomorphic phantoms have been utilized for a variety of dosimet- ric studies across a range of procedures utilizing diagnostic imaging equipment. Unfortunately, these phantoms are often limited to a single reference size, which often may not be representative of the patient population at large. This work set out to develop an adipose tissue-equivalent substitute material that coul...

In order to effectively develop the control methods of an anthropomorphic robotic hand, it is important for researchers to have fast and easy access to modify any design parameters. To this end, we detail the process of designing a 20 degrees of freedom, cable-driven, anthropomorphic robotic hand. The prototyping process makes the most of 3D printing technology, and takes important factors such...

This work presents a comparison of an anthropomorphic PRESAGE® dosimeter and radiochromic film measurements with a commercial treatment planning system to determine the feasibility of PRESAGE® for 3D dosimetry in breast IMRT. An anthropomorphic PRESAGE® phantom was created in the shape of a breast phantom. A five-field IMRT plan was generated with a commercially available treatment planning sys...

Some interface designers believe that giving a computer human characteristics is wrong, as it may confuse or mislead users. However it has been repeatedly proven that many users do interact with their computer socially, as if it were another ‘person’. If anthropomorphism is inevitable – should we embrace it? And if we insist on giving our computer a human personality, which personality is best?...

The tentative of reproducing a biological eye with artificial electronic devices has always had a major drawback. In fact there is an important difference between how a human eye sees the world and how a standard video camera does: while the common visual sensors generally have constant resolution on each part of the image, in their biological counterparts the picture elements are arranged in o...

Dynamical bipedal walking has been a key objective in robotics since its origins, due to the human curiosity about artificial anthropomorphic beings which gave rise to the robot concept itself [Capek 1973]. As could be seen in most industrialized countries, the industrial manipulators have found a wide adoption, and there is little space to a major boost in the area [Yonemoto et al. 1985]. Alth...

Humans communicate affect through a variety of channels, such as facial expressions, voice and body movement, and are adept at estimating the affective states of others. Body movements are important observable features of underlying affective states. The psychology literature reports on the critical role of movement cues in conveying life-like affective expressions for both anthropomorphic and ...