This paper presents the development of tactile sensing chips, for the fingertips of humanoid robots. In the first phase of development, piezoelectric polymer-MEA (microelectrode array) based test chips have been realized. Each chip comprises of 32 microelectrodes, epoxy-adhered with a thin piezoelectric polymer (PVDF-TrFE) film. The diameter of each microelectrode or 'taxel' (tactile element) is 500 11m and the center to center distance between taxels is 1 mm. The tactile sensing chips have been experimentally evaluated over a wide range (0.02 - 4N or - 2 gmf- 400 gmt) of dynamic normal forces and frequencies (2 Hz - 5 KHz) by applying variable force with constant frequency in the first case and constant force with variable frequency in latter. The cross-talk, among adjacent taxels on the chips, is found to be approximately 20%. Finally, the ability of the chips to identify object material on the basis of their hardness is also demonstrated.
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Titolo: | Development of fingertip tactile sensing chips for humanoid robots |
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Data di pubblicazione: | 2009 |
Handle: | http://hdl.handle.net/11567/239669 |
ISBN: | 978-142444195-2 |
Appare nelle tipologie: | 04.01 - Contributo in atti di convegno |