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Thick-film force and slip sensors for a prosthetic hand

Thick-film force and slip sensors for a prosthetic hand
Thick-film force and slip sensors for a prosthetic hand
In an attempt to improve the functionality of a prosthetic hand device, a new fingertip has been developed that incorporates sensors to measure temperature and grip force, and to detect the onset of object slip from the hand. The sensors have been implemented using thick film printing technology and exploit the piezoresistive characteristics of commercially available screen printing resistive pastes and the piezoelectric properties of proprietary lead-zirconate-titanate (PZT) formulated pastes. This paper describes the design and production of these different types of sensor and presents some results from initial investigations.
213-214
Cranny, Andy
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Cotton, Darryl P J
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Chappell, Paul H
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White, Neil M
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Cranny, Andy
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Cotton, Darryl P J
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Chappell, Paul H
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Cranny, Andy, Cotton, Darryl P J, Chappell, Paul H and White, Neil M (2004) Thick-film force and slip sensors for a prosthetic hand. Proceedings of Eursoensors XVIII, 213-214.

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In an attempt to improve the functionality of a prosthetic hand device, a new fingertip has been developed that incorporates sensors to measure temperature and grip force, and to detect the onset of object slip from the hand. The sensors have been implemented using thick film printing technology and exploit the piezoresistive characteristics of commercially available screen printing resistive pastes and the piezoelectric properties of proprietary lead-zirconate-titanate (PZT) formulated pastes. This paper describes the design and production of these different types of sensor and presents some results from initial investigations.

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Published date: 2004
Organisations: Electronics & Computer Science

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Local EPrints ID: 264829
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/264829
PURE UUID: 2ef91013-0cf8-4996-a602-2f38bfa46593

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Date deposited: 14 Nov 2007 15:47
Last modified: 10 Dec 2021 21:50

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Author: Andy Cranny
Author: Darryl P J Cotton
Author: Paul H Chappell
Author: Neil M White

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