Martin JagoAnimatronics · Puppets · SFX

CEB - Articulated and Breathing Test Headform

CEB (France)
February - July 2009

Martin programmed a robotic test head for CEB, a French research facility south of Paris, and designed the electrics for its breathing cycle.

Headform Created by i-bodi

Electrical Engineer & Programmer

Electrical build & software programming for an articulated headform used for training & research.

Video

CEB - Articulated and Breathing Test Headform poster

Behind the scenes

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  • Carbon fibre headform and shoulders on a steel plate with exposed articulated eye and jaw linkages, photographed in a workshop with parts shelving behind

    Animatronics by Andy Roberts

  • Open electrical cabinet holding a Parker servo drive, a Puls power supply, circuit breakers, terminal blocks and a smaller junction box with coloured cabling

    Electrical & Monitoring Junction

  • Breathing simulation actuator under a perforated metal bellows drum on a steel frame, with orange and green motor cables running along the frame in a workshop

    Breathing Simulation Bellows

  • Skin coloured headform and shoulders fitted with a black gas mask, with a large blue foam cylinder placed in front of the mouth on a steel plate

    Mask Testing Setup

  • Parker touchscreen panel showing a mode select menu with Manual, Automatic, Maintenance and Print Page buttons and French and British flags

    Front End Interface

  • A man in a red shirt seated at a desk in a white brick walled workshop room, with the steel test bed and headform at the right edge

    Performance Programming

  • Completed test bed with a skin coloured headform and shoulders rising through a steel surface, a Parker touchscreen on the front panel and speakers either side

    Completed Test Bed

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