This disclosure provides devices and methods for implementing a robotic doll head. An implementation of the doll head can have a face mask having a pair of integral eyelids and an eyeball actuation frame supporting a pair of moveable eye assemblies. Each moveable eye assembly can have an eyeball element and an eyelid actuator assembly. The eyelid actuator assembly can have an eyelid support that can be coupled to an interior surface of one integral eyelid of the pair of integral eyelids. The eyelid actuator assembly can have a drive band configured to magnetically couple to the eyelid support and move the drive band in an arcuate path to blink the integral eyelids. The moveable eye assemblies can be offset from a centerline of the doll head by a separation angle by the eyeball actuation frame.

An apparatus and method of controlling an eye assembly of a patient simulator. The method generally includes receiving, via a data input device, one or more inputs, transmitting the one or more inputs to a controller in communication with the data input device, and controlling, using the controller and based on the one or more inputs, the eye assembly of the patient simulator to simulate ocular disease, which ocular disease includes nystagmus, blepharospasm, ptosis, idling, or a combination of two or more thereof.

Putting clothes on a robot is facilitated. A robot includes an operation control unit that selects a motion, a drive mechanism that executes the selected motion, a mode setting unit that sets a mode of the robot, and a power supply control unit. The operation control unit restricts a torque of an actuator included in the drive mechanism when a clothes changing mode is set, and the power supply control unit maintains energization of an electronic circuit that realizes a function of the operation control unit, even while in the clothes changing mode.

Putting clothes on a robot is facilitated. A robot includes an operation control unit that selects a motion, a drive mechanism that executes the selected motion, a mode setting unit that sets a mode of the robot, and a power supply control unit. The operation control unit restricts a torque of an actuator included in the drive mechanism when a clothes changing mode is set, and the power supply control unit maintains energization of an electronic circuit that realizes a function of the operation control unit, even while in the clothes changing mode.

This disclosure provides devices and systems for a moveable eyeball assembly for a doll head. The eyeball assembly can have a rear portion having at least one first eyeball magnet and a substantially hemispherical shape forming a rear cavity in the rear portion. The eyeball assembly can have a front portion having a substantially hemispherical shape. The front portion can have at least one second eyeball magnet configured to magnetically couple with the at least one first eyeball magnet. The front portion can have a pupil element. The front portion can have an iris portion surrounding the pupil element. The eyeball assembly can be received in a gimbal assembly to move the eyeball assembly in at least two axes.

This disclosure provides devices and systems for a moveable eyeball assembly for a doll head. The eyeball assembly can have a rear portion having at least one first eyeball magnet and a substantially hemispherical shape forming a rear cavity in the rear portion. The eyeball assembly can have a front portion having a substantially hemispherical shape. The front portion can have at least one second eyeball magnet configured to magnetically couple with the at least one first eyeball magnet. The front portion can have a pupil element. The front portion can have an iris portion surrounding the pupil element. The eyeball assembly can be received in a gimbal assembly to move the eyeball assembly in at least two axes.

A toy with a deformable outer shell including an upper portion, a lower portion, and a hollow interior. The outer shell is substantially covered in a soft material and shaped substantially like an animal. The toy includes more eyes on the upper portion of the outer shell, and an orifice on the lower portion of the outer shell. The orifice can be opened and closed. The toy includes an inner bladder within the deformable outer shell. The inner bladder includes a fluid and is sealed to prevent fluid from leaking from the inner bladder. The inner bladder fills the hollow interior of the deformable outer shell. In response to squeezing of the outer shell, the fluid may force a portion of the inner bladder to expand out of the outer shell though the orifice. The orifice may be invisible to the user while closed.

A toy with a deformable outer shell including an upper portion, a lower portion, and a hollow interior. The outer shell is substantially covered in a soft material and shaped substantially like an animal. The toy includes more eyes on the upper portion of the outer shell, and an orifice on the lower portion of the outer shell. The orifice can be opened and closed. The toy includes an inner bladder within the deformable outer shell. The inner bladder includes a fluid and is sealed to prevent fluid from leaking from the inner bladder. The inner bladder fills the hollow interior of the deformable outer shell. In response to squeezing of the outer shell, the fluid may force a portion of the inner bladder to expand out of the outer shell though the orifice. The orifice may be invisible to the user while closed.

An apparatus and method of controlling an eye assembly of a patient simulator. The method generally includes receiving, via a data input device, one or more inputs, transmitting the one or more inputs to a controller in communication with the data input device, and controlling, using the controller and based on the one or more inputs, the eye assembly of the patient simulator to simulate ocular disease, which ocular disease includes nystagmus, blepharospasm, ptosis, idling, or a combination of two or more thereof.

The story telling toy contains one or more characters that relate an educational story upon power up. At least one of the characters has active facial features such as eyes and mouth that move synchronous to the audio. The audio as well as control signals for the actuated features are stored in a multi-track memory within the toy. Multiple short stories are saved in memory enabling the toy to relate a different story each time it is powered up. In another embodiment, the memory is made interchangeable by using USB drives, disks, SD cards, or other devices. The behavior of the toy changes when a new memory device is loaded and it relates different stories. In another embodiment, the toy may be designed to communicate with the home internet to enable downloading new stories via internet. The active features maybe implemented mechanically using electro magnets, solenoids, or optically using displays, electrochromic coatings, or fiber optic bundles.