Host: The Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers
Name : [in Japanese]
Date : May 27, 2020 - May 30, 2020
In this paper, we introduce a novel wearable sensor that can measure contact force applied to fingertip. The sensor measures the amount of finger width deformation by attaching a tactile sensor to the fingernail side. That is, because the proposed sensor does not cover the palm side of fingertip, sensing can be performed without impairing the feel of the fingertip of the person wearing. Through several experiments, it was confirmed that the fingertip force could be obtained as relative values. Moreover, the applicability to motion classification was confirmed using the drawing problem as an example.
