(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
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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