• Photonic Sensors
  • Vol. 5, Issue 3, 263 (2015)
Jinxue SONG1, Qi JIANG1、*, Yuanyang HUANG1, Yibin LI1, Yuxi JIA2, Xuewen RONG1, Rui SONG1, and Hongbin LIU3
Author Affiliations
  • 1School of Control Science and Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan, 250061, China
  • 2School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan, 250061, China
  • 3Department of Informatics, King’s College London, London, WC2R 2LS, UK
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    DOI: 10.1007/s13320-015-0260-1 Cite this Article
    Jinxue SONG, Qi JIANG, Yuanyang HUANG, Yibin LI, Yuxi JIA, Xuewen RONG, Rui SONG, Hongbin LIU. Research on Pressure Tactile Sensing Technology Based on Fiber Bragg Grating Array[J]. Photonic Sensors, 2015, 5(3): 263 Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    A pressure tactile sensor based on the fiber Bragg grating (FBG) array is introduced in this paper, and the numerical simulation of its elastic body was implemented by finite element software (ANSYS). On the basis of simulation, fiber Bragg grating strings were implanted in flexible silicone to realize the sensor fabrication process, and a testing system was built. A series of calibration tests were done via the high precision universal press machine. The tactile sensor array perceived external pressure, which is demodulated by the fiber grating demodulation instrument, and three-dimension pictures were programmed to display visually the position and size. At the same time, a dynamic contact experiment of the sensor was conducted for simulating robot encountering other objects in the unknown environment. The experimental results show that the sensor has good linearity, repeatability, and has the good effect of dynamic response, and its pressure sensitivity was 0.03 nm/N. In addition, the sensor also has advantages of anti-electromagnetic interference, good flexibility, simple structure, low cost and so on, which is expected to be used in the wearable artificial skin in the future.
    Jinxue SONG, Qi JIANG, Yuanyang HUANG, Yibin LI, Yuxi JIA, Xuewen RONG, Rui SONG, Hongbin LIU. Research on Pressure Tactile Sensing Technology Based on Fiber Bragg Grating Array[J]. Photonic Sensors, 2015, 5(3): 263
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