Design, fabrication and applications of biomimetic sensors in biorobotics

Author

Dario, Paolo ; Carrozza, Maria Chiara ; Beccai, Lucia ; Laschi, Cecilia ; Mazzolai, Barbara ; Menciassi, Arianna ; Micera, Silvestro

Author_Institution

Scuola Superiore Sant´´Anna, Pisa, Italy

fYear

2005

fDate

27 June-3 July 2005

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to discuss an ideal design procedure for biologically-inspired artificial sensors. The main steps of this procedure are the following: (1) analysis of force and position sensors in animals and humans; (2) design and implementation of biologically-inspired sensors in innovative biorobotic and biomechatronic systems (e.g., antropomorphic robots, animaloids, and prostheses). According to this sequence, the first part of the paper is dedicated to the presentation of some features of force and motion sensors in animals and humans. Then, some applications of biologically-inspired systems to sense force and position in different robots are illustrated and discussed.

Keywords

biomechanics; biomimetics; biosensors; force sensors; mechatronics; robots; animals; biologically-inspired artificial sensors; biomechatronic systems; biomimetic sensors; biorobotics; force sensors; motion sensors; position sensors; Animals; Biomechatronics; Biosensors; Fabrication; Force sensors; Humans; Prosthetics; Robot sensing systems; Sensor phenomena and characterization; Sensor systems;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Information Acquisition, 2005 IEEE International Conference on

Print_ISBN

0-7803-9303-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICIA.2005.1635093

Filename

1635093