A flexible fingertip tactile sensor

Duk Sang Kim, Nguyen Huu Chuc, Sung Moon Jin, Kuang Jun An, Vuong Hong Phuc, Jachoon Koo, Youngkwan Lee, Jae Do Nam, Hyouk Ryeol Choi

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Abstract

Tactile information is prerequisite for dexterous manipulation of objects with robots. In this paper a novel tactile sensor using dielectric elastomer is presented. The sensor is a capacitive type and it can be easily covered onto any curved surface due to the intrinsic flexibility of the dielectric elastomer. The practical design and fabrication of a tactile sensor for the robot fingertip are described in details in this paper. Also,a fingertip shaped tactile sensor with twelve tactile cells is developed. The sensor is mounted on a multi-fingered robot hand, called "SKKU Hand III", and its effectiveness is validated with experimental results.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationElectroactive Polymer Actuators and Devices (EAPAD) 2010
DOIs
StatePublished - 2010
EventElectroactive Polymer Actuators and Devices (EAPAD) 2010 - San Diego, CA, United States
Duration: 8 Mar 201011 Mar 2010

Publication series

NameProceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume7642
ISSN (Print)0277-786X

Conference

ConferenceElectroactive Polymer Actuators and Devices (EAPAD) 2010
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CitySan Diego, CA
Period8/03/1011/03/10

Keywords

  • Capacitive tactile sensor
  • CDC(Capacitanceto-Digital Converter)
  • Conductive silicone
  • Dielectric elastomer
  • Robot fingertip

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