PubCard - A bioinspired flexible optical sensor for force and orientation sensing

(Peer-Reviewed) A bioinspired flexible optical sensor for force and orientation sensing

Lei Zhang 张磊 ¹ ², Limin Tong 童利民 ¹

¹ State Key Laboratory of Modern Optical Instrumentation, College of Optical Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China
中国杭州浙江大学光电科学与工程学院现代光学仪器国家重点实验室
² Research Center for Humanoid Sensing, Zhejiang Lab, Hangzhou 311121, China
中国杭州之江实验室类人感知研究中心

Opto-Electronic Advances, 2023-05-30

https://doi.org/10.29026/oea.2023.230051

https://www.oejournal.org/article/doi/10.29026/oea.2023.230051

Abstract

Flexible optical sensors have been an emerging paradigm for applications in robotics, healthcare, and human–machine interfaces due to their high sensitivity, fast response, and anti-electromagnetic interference.

Recently, Marques reports a bioinspired multifunctional flexible optical sensor (BioMFOS), achieving a forces sensitivity of 13.28 μN, and a spatial resolution of 0.02 mm. The BioMFOS has a small dimension (around 2 cm) and a light weight (0.8 g), making it suitable for wearable application and clothing integration.

As proof-of-concept demonstrations, monitoring of finger position, trunk movements, and respiration rate are realized, implying their prominent applications in remote healthcare, intelligent robots, assistance devices teleoperation, and human-machine interfaces.

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