Tactile Sensors: LT A C Thomas
Tactile Sensors: LT A C Thomas
LT A C THOMAS
SCOPE
• INTRODUCTION
• RELEVANCE
• TYPES
• MARINE APPLICATIONS
• CONCLUSION
INTRODUCTION
• DEFINITION : TACTILE SENSOR ARE DEVICES
WHICH MEASURES THE PARAMETERS OF A
CONTACT BETWEEN THE SENSOR AND AN
OBJECT.
• OPTICAL
• PIEZOELECTRIC
• RESISTIVE
• CAPACITIVE
• MAGNETIC
• STRAIN GAUGE
OPTICAL TACTILE SENSORS
OPTICAL FIBRE
BASED SENSOR
• OPTICAL WAVE
GUIDE
• SOFT RUBBER AT
THE SURFACE
• A LIGHT SOURCE
• OPTICAL DETECTOR
OPTICAL TACTILE SENSOR
• PHOTOELASTICITY
• MODULATING THE INTENSITY OF LIGHT BY
MOVING AN OBSTRUCTION INTO THE LIGHT
PATH
OPTICAL TACTILE SENSORS
• TYPES
– INTRINSIC
– EXTRINSIC
• ADVANTAGES
– IMMUNITY TO EXTERNAL ELECTROMAGNETIC
INTERFERENCE
– LOW WEIGHT AND VOLUME
PIEZOELECTRIC SENSORS
PRINCIPLE OF PIEZOELECTRICITY
PIEZO ELECTRIC
CRYSTAL
FORCE or
VIBRATION
V
THE RESONANCE FREQUENCY OF THE RESONATING
MATERIAL :
• F = APPLIED FORCE
• ∆f = CHANGE IN FREQUENCY
MATERIALS
ADVANTAGE
FIGURE 1
FIGURE 2
SALIENT FEATURES
• A SIMPLE SIGNAL CONDITIONING
ELECTRONICS
• HYPEBOLIC STYLE CHARACTERISTIC BETWEEN
THE LOAD APPLIED AND THE ELECTRICAL
RESISTANCE
• ROBUST DUE TO SIMPLE CONSTRUCTION
CONSTRUCTION
FIGURE 1
FIGURE 2
SENSOR MATERIAL
• EVA FOAM
• SILICON RUBBER
• PTFE
EVA SILICON PTFE
RUBBER
Realizable 150 kPa 100 kPa 2.000 kPa
measurement
range
Temperature -70 to 60 °C -100 to 316 °C -260 to 300 °C
range
Ductility high high low