• DocumentCode
    393635
  • 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
  • Volume
    1
  • fYear
    2002
  • fDate
    5-7 Aug. 2002
  • Firstpage
    588
  • 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;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    SICE 2002. Proceedings of the 41st SICE Annual Conference
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-7631-5
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/SICE.2002.1195473
  • Filename
    1195473