Fetal Kick Simulator

Abstract

The objective of this project is to develop a wearable fetal movement simulator to help test and verify the fetal movement detection solution from the Sienko Research Group at the University of Michigan. Our simulator should be able to mimic fetal activity in a wearable artificial abdomen to produce similar surface level displacements of fetal movement impact forces. It is intended to evaluate the accuracy of sensors in detecting fetal movement and distinguishing fetal movements from maternal ones with the use of inertial measurement units (IMUs) from the research group.