Development of Thin Shear Force Sensor Aimed at Improving QOL for Persons with Disabilities

Proceedings

Nakamura, Takashi¹  Shirogane, Satoshi²  Watanabe, Kenta³  Toyama, Shigeru⁴ 

[1] Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.;Graduate School of Engineering, Tokyo Denki University, Tokyo 120‐8551, Japan;Presented at the Eurosensors 2018 Conference, Graz, Austria, 9–12 September 2018;Research Institute, National Rehabilitation Center for Persons with Disabilities, Saitama 359‐8555, Japan

关键词: shear force sensing;    shear load;    flexible electrode;    wheel chair;    prosthetics;    disabilities;    liquid electrolyte;    multi‐sensor measurement system;   

DOI  :  10.3390/proceedings2130704

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: mdpi

【 摘 要 】

We have been developing a sheet type shear force sensor. It has a unique structure consisting of two flexible electrode films, a rubber ring, and a liquid electrolyte. One of the electrode films has a central electrode and the other film had four symmetrically arranged electrodes. The diameter of the sensor head was 10 mm and the thickness was about 0.7 mm. We also developed mobile measurement circuit and software for the computer. This system can handle up to four sensors simultaneously. Furthermore, we obtained experimental data by attaching the sensor to a human body using a double‐sided adhering tape.

【 授权许可】

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