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Development of Robotic Defecation Simulator

Year: 2014

Type: article

Abstract: Defecation robot The processing of human excretion has become a serious problem in two specialized environments – the nursing care of elderly bed-ridden patients and the microgravity space environments as the International Space Station. To deal with such issues, the authors are developing a new type of toilet system, and they feel that a defecation simulator is needed to investigate and test such systems. This paper discusses development of a robotic defecation simulator (defecation robot) that mimics defecation involving the rectum, anal sphincter, puborectalis muscle, abdominal pressure, etc.

Source: Journal of Robotics and Mechatronics

DOI: 10.20965/jrm.2014.p0377

Authors: Koushi Tokoro, Takuya Hashimoto, Hiroshi Kobayashi

Institution: Tokyo University of Science

Language: English

Topic: Soft Robotics and Applications

Subfield: Biomedical Engineering

Field: Engineering

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: diamond

OpenAlex ID: W643710763

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Cites: 13

Cited by: 5

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