1P1-V08 Sensor Layout Determination based on Simulation of Stress and Distortion Distributions for Developing Whole Haptic Armor

Abstract

This report describes development of a mobile robot's armor which is enable to detect pushing or touching with any objects on its surface. In order to achieve the purpose, it is necessary to design suitable layout of strain gauges as haptic sensors on the armor when changing surface of the armor such as widely bends or distortion with pushing. The armor should be shapely, and it is to be desired that number of haptic sensors is reduced. Therefore, it is required to detect efficiently changing on the surface by haptic sensors in even small number. In this report, it is shown that the layout by 34 sets of strain gauges as haptic sensors is designed based on analysis of stress on surface of the armor.