Impact Device for Biomechanics of Human Head-Neck Injuries

Abstract

This paper describes experimental tests in LARM2 in Rome to analyze impacts on a human head. The tests consist of performing three different types of impact by hitting a commercial head mannequin with a rigid object. Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU) sensors and force sensors measure each impact’s effect and evaluate the results. The sensors are located on suitable head points to monitor force, acceleration, and angular displacement on small and large lateral impact and top impact events. Results of tests are discussed to investigate and characterize the biomechanics in human head impacts. Considerations from results are used to formulate a new criterion for head-neck injury by impacts.

Applied Mathematics for Engineering Problems in Biomechanics and Robotics 2020

“…In this sense, biomechanics and robotics are two closely interrelated disciplines that are boosting such transformation. On the one hand, biomechanics is the study of mechanical structures that exist in living beings and the subsequent application of mechanical laws to living structures, especially to the musculoskeletal system of the human body [1,2]. On the other hand, robotics is the science or branch of technology that covers the analysis, design, construction, and application of robots to carry out human tasks, mainly laborious, repetitive, or dangerous [3][4][5].…”