Title :
Data glove with a force sensor
Author :
Tarchanidis, Kostas N. ; Lygouras, John N.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Pet. Technol., Kavala Inst. of Technol. & Educ., Greece
Abstract :
This paper presents a data glove equipped with a force sensor. The circuits and the construction are also described. The glove is selected to be a rubber coated cotton glove. The sensors are firmly attached to the rubber coated glove using cyanoacrylic glue. The force sensor is made of a steel plate substrate were the commercial strain gauges are attached. The plate is attached on the thumb. The strain gauges bridge is powered by a digital current source. A digital sine is produced by a microcontroller and a DAC with current output. At the peak the microcontroller produces a digital output signal. It is used by the data acquisition system. The force sensor presents a linear response and a resolution of 0.38 N and a sensitivity of 0.05 V/N. The combination can be used in robotics, telecheric applications, biomechanics and virtual reality applications
Keywords :
bridge circuits; data gloves; direct digital synthesis; electric sensing devices; force feedback; force sensors; microcontrollers; strain gauges; tactile sensors; virtual reality; DDS; Wheatstone bridge; biomechanics; cyanoacrylic glue; data glove; digital current source; digital output signal; flexsensor; force sensor; linear response; microcontroller; robotics; rubber coated cotton glove; steel plate substrate; strain gauge bridge; tactile sensor; telecheric applications; virtual reality; Bridge circuits; Capacitive sensors; Cotton; Data acquisition; Data gloves; Force sensors; Microcontrollers; Rubber; Steel; Thumb;
Conference_Titel :
Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference, 2001. IMTC 2001. Proceedings of the 18th IEEE
Conference_Location :
Budapest
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-6646-8
DOI :
10.1109/IMTC.2001.928844
