Host: The Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers
Name : [in Japanese]
Date : October 26, 2020 - October 28, 2020
Tactile sensing similar to human is very important to obtain gripping state by the robot hand and detection of touch feelings. Tactile sense of the human fingertips can detect all normal force, shear force, and vibration. Therefore, we have proposed the tactile sensor using cantilevers embedded in the PDMS with strain gauge and piezoelectric detector for detection force and vibration simultaneously. In this study, we have discussed the influence of shape design of cantilevers and a PDMS contact bump to the sensitivity to force for this sensor. As a result, we can find cantilever and bump shapes with good linearity and high sensitivity.
