CAESAR® Fact Sheet
Definition
Anthropometry—The study of human body measurements especially on a comparative basis.
Scope
Generate 3-D surface data to revise current anthropometric databases of civilian males & females ages 18-65 of various weights in the U.S. and Europe.
Objectives
• Update & augment current body measurement database:
- Collecting new body measurements
- 2,500 U.S. & 2,500 European civilians
• Collect, analyze, and report new database in a format useful to scientists & engineers around the world
Demographics
• age
• data collection location
• date
• education level
• ethnic group
• family income in the past year
• gender
• present occupation
Benefits
• Reduces guesswork about body surface measurements making it easier to use in computer-aided design & rapid prototyping.
• Alleviates dependency of the measurements on subject's positioning when measured, allowing extraction of almost infinite number and variety of measurements long after subject has moved on.
• First viable method for capturing 3-D data of subjects in realistic postures.
• Reduces measuring differences between measurers making data sets collected by different groups more comparable (non-contact system).
Milestones
| December 1997 | Start Up Meeting |
| January 1998 | Pilot Test Procedures |
| March 1998 | First Remote Scan Set-Up |
| April 1998 | Data Collection Begins U.S. |
| December 1998 | Preliminary Data From First Site Delivered |
| Summer 1999 | Data Collection Begins in The Netherlands |
| Late 2000 | Data Collection Begins in Italy |
| Late 2000 | U.S. and Netherlands Data available |
| Early 2001 | Italy Data Sets available |
| September 30, 2000 | U.S./North America Data Collection Complete |
| September 1, 2000 | Dutch Data Collection Complete |
| February 1, 2001 | Italian Data Collection Begins |
| March 30, 2001 | U.S./N.A. Data Delivery |
| May 30, 2001 | Dutch Data Delivery |
| September 2001 | Italian Data Collection Complete |
| December 2001 | Italian Data Delivered |
Deliverables
• 3-D Landmarks
• Data Extraction Tool
• Demographic Data
• Documentation Summaries
• Electronic 3-D Scans
• Univariate Measurements
Partners (partial list)
• BAE Systems
• Bertrand Faure
• The Boeing Company
• Case Corporation
• Caterpillar Inc.
• DaimlerChrysler
• Dayton Hudson
• Deere & Company
• Ford Motor Company
• Gap Inc.
• General Motors
• Georgia Institute of Technology
• Herman Miller
• International Truck and Engine Corporation
• Jantzen Inc.
• Johnson Controls Inc.
• Laboratory of Accidentology, Biomechanics & Human Behavior
• Lear Corporation
• Lee Company
• Levi Strauss & Company
• Lockheed Martin Aeronautical
• Magna Interior Systems Engineering
• Mazda North American Operations
• Mitsubishi Motors Corporation
• NIOSH
• Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
• Public Technologies Multimedia, Inc.
• Sara Lee Knit Products
• Sears Manufacturing Company
• Transport Canada
• Vanity Fair, Inc.
• Visteon
• Yourfit.com
Cost
Total Project Cost: $6,000,000
Partner Fee: $50,000
SAE is no longer accepting partners in this project. CAESAR data is projected to be available to the public approximately June 2002. Please check this website for further updates.
Primary SAE Contact
Gary Pollak
SAE International
400 Commonwealth Drive
Warrendale, PA 15096-0001
Phone: 724/772-7196
Fax: 724/776-0243
Documentation Available
• Executive Summary
• Fact Sheet
• Scope & Deliverables
Industry Spokespeople
Kathleen Robinette
Armstrong Labs
2255 H St AL/CFHD
WPAFB, OH 45433-7022
Phone: 937/255-8810
Fax: 937/255-8752
