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Compliant tactile sensor

US4817440A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateJun 9, 1987
Grant dateApr 4, 1989
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Expiry dateJun 9, 2007

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S294/907
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A tactile sensor which simultaneously provides a compliant interface between a support element and an object to be handled (i.e., a robot gripper in a delicate component), and identifies the contact force and the contact pattern between the object and the support element.

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