Soft Actuators for Facial Reanimation

Stefania Konstantinidi,Thomas Martinez,Amine Benouhiba,Yoan Civet,Yves Perriard,Stefania Konstantinidi,Thomas Martinez,Amine Benouhiba,Yoan Civet,Yves Perriard

Facial paralysis is a challenging condition that alters a patient's ability to express emotion and communicate. Restoring facial movements thus has crucial implications for the patients' quality of life. This publication introduces an approach for artificial muscles implementation targeting facial reanimation, as well as the challenges and limitations of the proposed strategy. The aim is to develo...