A tactile sensor based on magneto-sensitive elastomer to determine the position of an indentation

Gast, Simon; Zimmermann, Klaus

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/jsss-9-319-2020

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A tactile sensor based on magneto-sensitive elastomer to determine the position of an indentation

Simon Gast and Klaus Zimmermann

Data sets

Tactile Sensor Data S. Gast https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/BV6P4

Short summary

In this paper, we present a tactile sensor based on the interaction of coils with a magnetic elastomer. The first experimental approach is sampling the sensor with indentations of constant depth at different positions. A mathematical model is used to reproduce the data. Afterwards, this model is applied to random indentations at the same depth. As a result, we provide conceptual proof for position determination in one direction as a basis for a refined sensor design and further model approaches.