Title :
Development of a one-body optical torque sensor for rehabilitation robotic systems
Author :
Gu, Gwang Min ; Chang, Pyung Hun
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Mech. Eng., KAIST, Daejeon, South Korea
fDate :
June 29 2011-July 1 2011
Abstract :
This paper proposes a one-body optical torque sensor. The proposed sensor has advantages of anti-slip and low cost due to the simple one-body structure. Simulations for stress and strains analysis are accurately performed. To demonstrate the performance of proposed design, experiments were also carried out to compare it with a commercial force/torque sensor (Mini45, ATI).
Keywords :
medical robotics; optical sensors; patient rehabilitation; stress analysis; one-body optical torque sensor; rehabilitation robotic systems; strain analysis; stress analysis; Interrupters; Optical sensors; Prototypes; Robot sensing systems; Strain; Torque; easy to design; easy to manufacture; home-based rehabilitation robotic systems; low cost; one-body structure; optical torque sensor; photo interrupter; Biomechanics; Equipment Design; Exercise Therapy; Humans; Muscle, Skeletal; Robotics; Stress, Mechanical;
Conference_Titel :
Rehabilitation Robotics (ICORR), 2011 IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Zurich
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-9863-5
Electronic_ISBN :
1945-7898
DOI :
10.1109/ICORR.2011.5975411
