Design of a 3-axial force/torque sensor for arthroscopy force sensing

Author

Cui, Ze ; Han, Zengjun ; Pan, Hongwei ; Shao, Yanming ; Zhu, Danjie

Author_Institution

Dept. of Precision Mech. Eng., Shanghai Univ., Shanghai, China

fYear

2011

fDate

7-10 Aug. 2011

Firstpage

243

Lastpage

248

Abstract

This paper presents the design of a three-axial force/torque sensor which is used for the measurement of the contact force on the probe of the arthroscopy. The orthogonal test is used to optimize the size of the flexor of the sensor. According to the size gotten from the test, the deformation under the stress is analyzed by ANSYS, then the locations where the strain gauges pasted are determined. Finally, the sensor´s measurement principle and static calibration test are described and the experiment results demonstrate the validity and reliability of the sensor in the practical application.

Keywords

calibration; computerised instrumentation; endoscopes; force measurement; force sensors; optimisation; strain gauges; surgery; torque measurement; 3-axial force sensor; 3-axial torque sensor; ANSYS; arthroscopy force sensing; force measurement; orthogonal test; sensor measurement principle; static calibration test; strain gauge; Calibration; Finite element methods; Force; Strain; Stress; Surgery; Torque; arthroscopy; force sensing; orthogonal test;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Mechatronics and Automation (ICMA), 2011 International Conference on

Conference_Location

Beijing

ISSN

2152-7431

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-8113-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICMA.2011.5985664

Filename

5985664