Soft tactile sensors with variable compliance

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This paper reports the development of a soft tactile sensor with variable compliance. The concept is based on a magnetic Hall-Effect sensor coupled with a soft, pressure controlled pneumatic chamber. The sensor design is developed using computational Finite Element models. A physical prototype is then fabricated and evaluated in experimental tests, demonstrating that the sensor can be conveniently manufactured and exhibits the desired property of variable compliance which can be achieved through external control.

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Item Type:	Proceedings Paper
Authors/Creators:	Azim, S Srinivasan, A Pandaram, M Kow, J https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0496-2966 de Boer, G https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5647-1771 Wang, H Alazmani, A https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8983-173X Culmer, P https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2867-0420
Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information:	© 2017 IEEE. This is an author produced version of a paper published in the 2017 IEEE SENSORS Proceedings. Personal use of this material is permitted. Permission from IEEE must be obtained for all other uses, in any current or future media, including reprinting/republishing this material for advertising or promotional purposes, creating new collective works, for resale or redistribution to servers or lists, or reuse of any copyrighted component of this work in other works. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy.
Keywords:	Variable Compliance, Tactile Sensors, Hall Sensors, Pressure Sensor, Soft Robotics
Dates:	Published: 25 December 2017 Published (online): 25 December 2017 Accepted: 14 August 2017
Institution:	The University of Leeds
Academic Units:	The University of Leeds > Faculty of Engineering & Physical Sciences (Leeds) > School of Mechanical Engineering (Leeds) > Institute of Engineering Systems and Design (iESD) (Leeds) The University of Leeds > Faculty of Engineering & Physical Sciences (Leeds) > School of Mechanical Engineering (Leeds) > Institute of Functional Surfaces (Leeds) The University of Leeds > Faculty of Engineering & Physical Sciences (Leeds) > School of Mechanical Engineering (Leeds) > Institute of Engineering Thermofluids, Surfaces & Interfaces (iETSI) (Leeds)
Funding Information:	Funder Grant number Leverhulme Trust RPG-2014-381
Depositing User:	Symplectic Publications
Date Deposited:	25 Apr 2018 10:20
Last Modified:	12 Feb 2019 14:29
Status:	Published
Publisher:	IEEE
Identification Number:	10.1109/ICSENS.2017.8234097
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID):	oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:129980

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