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Design, Fabrication, and Testing of a Membrane Piezoelectric Tactile Sensor with Four Sensing Elements

Ashkan Mirbagheri1, Javad Dargahi1, Siamak Najarian2 and Farhad Tabatabai Ghomshe3
  • 1 oncordia University, Department of Mechanical and Industrial Eng., 1455 de Maisonneuve Blvd. West, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
  • 2 Department of Biomechanics, Artificial Tactile Sensing and Robotic Surgery Lab, Faculty of Biomedical Engineering, Amirkabir University of Technology, Tehran, Iran
  • 3 University of Social Welfare & Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, Iran

Abstract

We presented design, fabrication, and testing of a novel membrane tactile sensing system with only four sensing elements. By using membrane stress combined with triangulation approach, it was possible to overcome the problems such as cross-talk between sensing elements, fragility, and complexity. The fabrication of the sensing elements performed using photolithographic and etching techniques. Position, orientation, and magnitude of applied loads through various flat shaped probes can be determined, by using only four sensing elements.

American Journal of Applied Sciences
Volume 4 No. 9, 2007, 645-652

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3844/ajassp.2007.645.652

Submitted On: 7 May 2007 Published On: 30 September 2007

How to Cite: Mirbagheri, A., Dargahi, J., Najarian, S. & Ghomshe, F. T. (2007). Design, Fabrication, and Testing of a Membrane Piezoelectric Tactile Sensor with Four Sensing Elements. American Journal of Applied Sciences, 4(9), 645-652. https://doi.org/10.3844/ajassp.2007.645.652

Open AccessCopyright: © 2007 Ashkan Mirbagheri, Javad Dargahi, Siamak Najarian and Farhad Tabatabai Ghomshe. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

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Keywords

  • Tactile Sensing
  • Minimally Invasive Surgery