Host: The Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers
Name : [in Japanese]
Date : June 06, 2021 - June 08, 2021
In conventional massage machines such as massage chairs, the movement and posture are limited. To solve this problem, a massage robot with a multi-finger hand are developed. Since this robot comes into direct contact with the human body, it is important to measure the force applied to the fingertips. However, there are few practical force sensors that are small enough to be attached to the fingertip of a robot hand and can withstand a large load such as a massage operation. In this paper, we propose a fingertip force sensor using a piezoelectric element, which is easy to miniaturize and can withstand a large load such as massage.Then we discuss the prototype sensor and its evolution results.
