Deformable sensor for simulating skin and other applications
US11898924B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | May 7, 2021 |
| Grant date | Feb 13, 2024 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 8, 2042 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01V3/088
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A sensor unit to be incorporated in a skin-like layer of machines such as robots employs a set of sensor electrodes supported in a first deformable sheet and a base electrode supported in a second deformable sheet, each of the sensor electrodes partially overlapping the base electrode so that application of a shear force causes the overlap of the electrodes to differentially change modifying the capacitance of the electrodes and permitting the detection of the shear force.
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