Novel type of fabrication tactile sensor made from artificial hollow fiber

Y. Hasegawa, M. Shikida*, D. Ogura, K. SatoDepartment of Micro-Nano Systems Engineering, *EcoTopia Science Institute, Nagoya University, Japan MEMS 2007 pp.603~606

Advisor ： Cheng-Hsien Liu

Reporter： Yu-Sheng Lin

Date： 2007.05.16

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Outline

Introduction Design and principle Fabrication Results Conclusion

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Introduction Structure made by weaving hollow fiber Detect 2D contact-force Measuring the capacitor change

Applications of a fabric tactile sensorRef: E.Hwang, 2006

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Design

Schematic view of a fabric sensor

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Operation principle

Schematic view of its operation principle

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Fabrication

Fabrication process of the fabric tactile sensor

Nagayanagi Co Ltd.

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Fiber element and fabric tactile sensor

（ c） Fabric tactile sensor using only artificial hollow fibers

（ b） Fabricated artificial fiber（ a） Cross-section view of fiber

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Fabric tactile sensor

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Experimental setup

Pin： D=1.5mm

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ResultsThe performance of a pair of warp and weft fibers

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Results (cont.)

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Results (cont.)

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Conclusion

The editors proposed an artificial hollow fiber structure as a new material for MEMS and applied it to create a novel type of fabric tactile sensor.

The editors found the capacitance between the two fibers increases with increasing applied load.

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