A tactile sensing element based on a hetero-core optical fiber for force measurement and texture detection

Hiroshi Yamazaki; Yuya Koyama; Kazuhiro Watanabe

doi:10.1117/12.2059300

2 June 2014 A tactile sensing element based on a hetero-core optical fiber for force measurement and texture detection

Hiroshi Yamazaki, Yuya Koyama, Kazuhiro Watanabe

Proceedings Volume 9157, 23rd International Conference on Optical Fibre Sensors; 915717 (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2059300
Event: OFS2014 23rd International Conference on Optical Fiber Sensors, 2014, Santander, Spain

Abstract

Tactile sensing technology can measure a given property of an object through physical contact between a sensing element and the object. Various tactile sensing techniques have been developed for several applications such as intelligent robots, tactile interface, medical support and nursing care support. A desirable tactile sensing element for supporting human daily life can be embedded in the soft material with high sensitivity and accuracy in order to prevent from damaging to human or object physically. This report describes a new tactile sensing element. Hetero-core optical fibers have high sensitivity of macro-bending at local sensor portion and temperature independency, including advantages of optical fiber itself; thin size, light weight, flexible transmission line, and immunity to electro-magnetic interference. The proposed tactile sensing element could detect textures of touched objects through the optical loss caused by the force applied to the sensing element. The characteristics of the sensing element have been evaluated, in which the sensing element has the monotonic and non-linear sensitivity against the normal force ranged from 0 to 5 N with lower accuracy than 0.25 dB. Additionally, texture detection have been successfully demonstrated in which small surface figures of 0.1 mm in height were detected with spatial resolution of 0.4 mm.

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Hiroshi Yamazaki, Yuya Koyama, and Kazuhiro Watanabe "A tactile sensing element based on a hetero-core optical fiber for force measurement and texture detection", Proc. SPIE 9157, 23rd International Conference on Optical Fibre Sensors, 915717 (2 June 2014); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2059300

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