Fabric tactile sensor composed of ball-shaped umbonal fibre for detecting normal and lateral force

Micro and Nano Letters

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 211-214

  Kita, G ^a   Suzuki, Y ^a   Shikida, M ^a   Sato, K ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRASS WIRE; HOLLOW FIBRE; INSULATION LAYERS; LATERAL FORCE; MICROELECTROMECHANICAL SYSTEMS; NORMAL FORCES; SENSING PERFORMANCE; SENSOR OUTPUT; TACTILE SENSORS; WEARABLE SENSING;

FABRICS; FIBERS; MEMS; MICROELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES; SPHERES; SURFACE STRUCTURE; SURFACE TENSION;

SENSORS;

ARTICLE; FORCE TRANSDUCER; HOLLOW FIBER; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION; MICROELECTROMECHANICAL SYSTEM; SENSOR; TOUCH;

EID: 77956236246     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17500443     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/mnl.2010.0030     Document Type: Article

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