Host: The Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers
Name : [in Japanese]
Date : May 29, 2024 - June 01, 2024
A mechano-optical material based tactile sensor using a camera and a strain-sensing polymer, which is a polymer material that changes its optical reflection characteristics depending on the magnitude of strain, was fabricated. Pressure distribution on the sensor surface was estimated with high spatial resolution by converting the hue of the output image into pressure. In addtion, we evaluated the validity of the pressure distribution estimation method by the tactile image sensor. The estimated pressure distribution data was utilized for grasping control of objects of various shapes by the two-fingered robot hand.
