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12 - Aeronautical, Mechanical, Chemical and Manufacturing Engineering
University of Birmingham : A - Mechanical Engineering
Development of a bioinspired MEMS based capacitive tactile sensor for a robotic finger
Microscale tactile sensors that sense the force of touch can be used to create artificial finger pads for robotic hands, to improve sensitivity and delicateness of their touch. This paper presents the development of a novel microscale tactile sensor using a cost efficient microfabrication approach with much reduced processing steps. The results of this work carried out on the FP6 Nanobiotact project (Ref:EU-FP6-NMP-033287) have led into a FP7 project including Unilever (NanoBioTouch, Ref:228844) to improve understanding of the human mechano-transduction system and to establish tissue engineered tactile sensors capable of emotional touch through integrated thermal sensing capability.
