SHAPE CONTROL OF AN ANTHROPOMORPHIC TAILORING ROBOT MANNEQUIN

Abstract

In this paper, we describe a new type of humanoid robot designed for made-to-measure garment industry — a shape-changing robotic mannequin. This mannequin is designed to imitate body shapes of different people. The main emphasis of this paper is on modeling and shape-optimization algorithm used to adjust mannequins shape to resemble the shape of any given person. We represent the whole procedure of adjusting the mannequin to the body shapes of real people. Finally, we provide the estimate of the mannequin's model precision and suitability of the proposed solutions for made-to-measure tailoring application. The results show that the mannequin and the optimization methods are sufficiently precise for the requirements in tailoring industry.