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SANTOS®:
The Virtual Soldier
Why the Virtual Soldier?
Physical
prototypes
In 2005….
The Santos® Model
Engineering
Gaming
Health/Medicine
Background
Hollywood
@ Iowa
Santos and Sophia
Santos®
Joint Displacement only
Developing behavior: AI
Santos: touch the sphere!
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Male knee flexion with 40lb loaded walking simulation
Understanding limits of Human Strengths
Santos has Strength & Fatigue
Modeling physiology
The mathematics of physics
NBC clothing modeling
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Impact of shock wave
Compression zone
0.54 ms
Disruptive tension zone
Trace of shock wave
0.7 ms
Vertical section through lower leg
FE model
lower leg model protection
plate
0.2 ms 0.3 ms
Impact of shock wave
Compression zone
0.54 ms
Disruptive tension zone
Trace of shock wave
0.7 ms
Vertical section through lower leg
FE model
lower leg model protection
plate
Armor-IED-ballistics
Thermal Considerations
Example Research Programs
Example Program: US ArmyTesting armor
Testing the physics of rides
Virtual Testing of Medical DevicesTesting medical devices
Pulse
generator
Patients who qualify for neurostimulation therapy
report a 50 to 70% reduction in overall pain
Center for the Intrepid
Fitting prosthetic devices
Example Program: USCAR
Test warfighting cockpits
TALOS: Tactical Assault Light Operator Suit
Testing exoskeletons
A proud Iowa team
US Marines: Lighten the LoadLightening the load
Lightening the load
2.511551 2.426401 2.298920 2.089685 1.932893
2.383437 2.283680 2.191515 2.025596 1.896856
Sophia
51 kg
Sophia
60 kg
Height (m)
Height (m)
No
Backpack90 Kg (198 lb)
Backpack
100 Kg (220 lb)
Backpack
Lightening the load
• Sports
• Injury prediction
• Intelligence
• Aging Santos
• Child Santos
The futureThe Future
Thank you!
Explain sequencer
The Task Sequencer
2.180130 2.174497 2.119108 2.015748 1.946092
2.498672 2.401209 2.310071 2.131725 1.990143
Santos
79 kg
Man3
111 kg
Height (m)
Santos™
Areas of Research
Physics/Dynamics
Intelligence
Strength and Fatigue
Human motion
Balance and stability
Clothing
Physiology
Injury
Validation!
Women in combat
Introducing Santos® …
A Virtual Human
Predicts Behavior
Physics-Based
Realistic
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