PLYMOUTH, Mich. -- The test dummy has been used in crash after crash, year after year -- for nearly five decades, to be exact. But as Americans continue to get taller, fatter and older, carmakers say ...

MILAN TOWNSHIP — The dummy business is getting smarter and bigger for a local company that leads the world in making plastic people. Denton ATD Inc. makes anthropomorphic testing devices — better ...

Americans are getting fatter — and so are the crash test dummies used to test the cars they drive. Plymouth, Mich.-based Humanetics has introduced a new obese dummy to reflect American’s growing size.

Digital sensors record thousands of bits of information during every crash test GM has 400 crash dummies worth about $45 million Latest dummies could soon lead to changes in crash-test procedures ...

James Bruton is something of a robotics genius. He’s a YouTuber who regularly creates impressive machines from 3D-printed parts and complex electronics. Recently he’s branched out into larger more ...

Cars have gotten safer over the decades, but more still needs to be done and the development of female crash dummies may ensure greater safety of women in the U.S. Women are on average more likely to ...

The U.S. government announced major design changes it wants to implement to make the female version of the vehicle crash test dummy more lifelike, potentially replacing a model used for decades that ...

Yes, even dummies are recognizing the ongoing obesity epidemic. Dummies as in crash test dummies. No, not the musical group that sang "Mmm mmm mmm mmm"...but the mannequins that are the unsung heroes ...

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration on Tuesday unveiled a new crash test dummy to be used to evaluate child safety seats and boosters made for children weighing more than 65 pounds. The ...