A flexible fingertip tactile sensor

Authors

Duk Sang Kim, Sungkyunkwan University
Nguyen Huu Chuc, Sungkyunkwan University
Sung Moon Jin, Sungkyunkwan University
Huu L V Nguyen, Sungkyunkwan University
Kwangjun An, Sungkyunkwan University
Vuong Hong Phuc, Sungkyunkwan University
Jachoon Koo, Sungkyunkwan University
Youngkwan Lee, Sungkyunkwan University
Jae-do Nam, Sungkyunkwan University
Hyouk Ryeoi Choi, Sungkyunkwan University

RIS ID

39212

Publication Details

Kim, D. Sang., Chuc, N. Huu., Jin, S. Moon., Nguyen, H. L V., An, K., Phuc, V. Hong., Koo, J., Lee, Y., Nam, J. & Choi, H. Ryeoi. (2010). A flexible fingertip tactile sensor. Electroactive Polymer Actuators and Devices (EAPAD) 2010

Abstract

Tactile information is prerequisite for dexterous manipulation of objects with robots. In this paper a novel tactile sensor using dielectric elastomer is presented. The sensor is a capacitive type and it can be easily covered onto any curved surface due to the intrinsic flexibility of the dielectric elastomer. The practical design and fabrication of a tactile sensor for the robot fingertip are described in details in this paper. Also,a fingertip shaped tactile sensor with twelve tactile cells is developed. The sensor is mounted on a multi-fingered robot hand, called "SKKU Hand III", and its effectiveness is validated with experimental results.