3D printed capacitive shear and normal force sensor using a highly flexible dielectric

Martijn Schouten; Camilla Spaan; Dimitrios Kosmas; Remco G.P. Sanders; Gijs Krijnen

doi:10.1109/SAS51076.2021.9530032

3D printed capacitive shear and normal force sensor using a highly flexible dielectric

Martijn Schouten, Camilla Spaan, Dimitrios Kosmas, Remco G.P. Sanders, Gijs Krijnen

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Abstract

We have investigated an entirely 3D printed capacitive sensor. Using a combination of 4 variable capacitors it allows to simultaneously measure shear and normal forces. To guide the design and analysis the behavior of the sensor has been modeled using both finite element method (FEM) simulations and an analytical model. The sensor was tested in a mechanical test setup by means of a linear actuator, loading the sensor with a force from various angles. The sensor showed it was able to measure both the normal and shear force components with a maximum noise floor of 1.5 N.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2021 IEEE Sensors Applications Symposium (SAS)
Place of Publication	Piscataway, NJ
Publisher	IEEE
Number of pages	6
ISBN (Electronic)	978-1-7281-9431-8
ISBN (Print)	978-1-7281-9432-5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/SAS51076.2021.9530032
Publication status	Published - 14 Sept 2021

Keywords

3D-printing
Capacitive
FEM
Force
Infill
Normal
Sensor
Shear
Torque

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