Mark Lexther T. Ame Ivan M. Fenis (March 2013)
Philippine Science High School Western Visayas Campus – Department of Science and Technology (DOST-PSHS WVC), Brgy. Bito-on, Jaro, Iloilo City 5000, Philippines
ABSTRACT
Acupresure is a type of masage on ancient healing art) that uses the fingerse as pers key points on the surface of the skin to stimulate the hody’s natural self-curative abilities. Pressure points are sensitive areas of the body where pre can be applied as cause contain effects or sensations. With mpid advancement of industrial society comes cutthroat competition thai foods to see, woually accompanied by bonty país much so becaudaces. On the occand, tout pressure points are massaged to counter headaches, they are located between the eyebrows, on the temples and was the intersection of the hairline and the line that synumetrically divides the face imo mo. However, difficulties arise in performing acupressure such as the availability of the sunt and thu ki of comfer the mat gives to the clicut. These hindy the effectivenean and readiness of the message. This study introduces robots as the solutions to these issues, with the objectives of constructing and programming the most capable of locating the four pressure points against headache. Six prototypes were developed in the process. The final design uses a light sensor, a brick the beain), three motors and beams and it was programimed using the Legs NXT Mindstorms Programming Software, all of which were provided by the Lego NXT Mindstorms 2.0 kit