• DocumentCode
    1235063
  • Title

    A low-cost fiber optic force sensor

  • Author

    Bakalidis, G.N. ; Glavas, E. ; Voglis, N.G. ; Tsalides, Ph.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Democritus Univ. of Thrace, Xanthi, Greece
  • Volume
    45
  • Issue
    1
  • fYear
    1996
  • fDate
    2/1/1996 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    328
  • Lastpage
    331
  • Abstract
    A transducer that uses an intensity-modulated optical method to measure force is described in this paper. The method relies on the additional optical power loss induced by the compression of a fiber optic loop. The sensor is shown to exhibit long-term stability. Using a simple recalibration procedure, a repeatability of ±0.5% was obtained
  • Keywords
    fibre optic sensors; force measurement; optical fibre losses; robots; compression; fiber optic force sensor; fiber optic loop; force measurement; intensity-modulated optical method; long-term stability; microbent loss; optical power loss; recalibration; repeatability; robotics gripper; transducer; Equations; Force measurement; Force sensors; Optical fiber losses; Optical fiber sensors; Optical fibers; Optical noise; Optical refraction; Optical sensors; Optical variables control;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Instrumentation and Measurement, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9456
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/19.481363
  • Filename
    481363