Title :
Thermal-type tactile sensor for material discrimination and contact pressure sensing
Author :
Yuji, Jun-ichiro ; Shida, Katsunori
Author_Institution :
Yatsushiro Nat. Coll. of Technol., Kumamoto, Japan
Abstract :
In this paper, we describe a thermal-type tactile sensor modeled on the human skin to discriminate different materials on the basis of their thermal properties and to sense contact pressure on the basis of strain of the sensor. The transient thermal response of the sensor was simulated using a one-dimensional contact model of the sensor and the material. The simulation results indicated that material discrimination and contact pressure sensing were possible using two temperature changes of the sensor.
Keywords :
pressure measurement; tactile sensors; thermal variables measurement; 1D contact model; contact pressure sensing; human skin; material discrimination; thermal-type tactile sensor; Aluminum; Capacitive sensors; Glass; Home appliances; Humans; Sensor phenomena and characterization; Skin; Tactile sensors; Temperature sensors;
Conference_Titel :
SICE 2002. Proceedings of the 41st SICE Annual Conference
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7631-5
DOI :
10.1109/SICE.2002.1195473
