This paper describes the response of a neural-network model of an anthropomorphic arm to various patterns of activation of the arm muscles. The arm model was introduced and described in detail in [1]. The purpose of the simulation experiments presented here is to study the relative role of control strategies and plant properties in trajectory formation, namely which features of simple arm movem...

For millennia, adults have told children stories not only to entertain but also to impart important moral lessons to promote prosocial behaviors. Many such stories contain anthropomorphized animals because it is believed that children learn from anthropomorphic stories as effectively, if not better than, from stories with human characters, and thus are more inclined to act according to the mora...

This paper describes a small cylindrical display for an anthropomorphic agent that communicates with users in a threedimentional (3D) environment. Conventional displays for anthropomorphic agents are designed for a single user or a fixed viewing direction. We suggest a new small cylindrical display that is visible from the outside in any direction. Image data for the projector is calculated by ...

This paper describes two preliminary experiments concerned with the construction of a robot head. The initial design and research is aimed at producing a system with two cameras and two microphones on a system capable of operating with the same degrees of freedom and reflex times as its biological counterpart. Whilst the primary goal of the project is develop an anthropomorphic system with the ...

To mitigate the societal impact of vehicle crash, researchers are using a variety of tools, including finite element models. As part of the Global Human Body Models Consortium project, comprehensive medical image and anthropometrical data of the 5 percentile female (F05) were acquired. Height, weight and 15 external anthropomorphic measurements were used to determine subject eligibility. A mult...

Model observers play an important role in the optimization and assessment of imaging devices. In this review paper, we first discuss the basic concepts of model observers, which include the mathematical foundations and psychophysical considerations in designing both optimal observers for optimizing imaging systems and anthropomorphic observers for modeling human observers. Second, we survey a f...

Humanoid robots such as Asimo (Honda Motor Co., Ltd.) [1], Qrio (Sony Co.) [2] and Justin (German Aerospace Center DLR) [3] are just the precursor of the service and space robotic systems of the near future, when anthropomorphic kinematics will be more present in everyday life as well as in space robotic applications. Ergonomics provide a wide range of methods to describe, analyze and evaluate ...

We report on an experiment that examined the inuence of anthropomorphism and perceived agency on presence, copresence, and social presence in a virtual environment. The experiment varied the level of anthropomorphism of the image of interactants: high anthropomorphism, low anthropomorphism, or no image. Perceived agency was manipulated by telling the participants that the image was either an a...

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?...