Arrays of biomimetic hair flow-sensor dedicated for measuring flow patterns

A.M.K. Dagamseh, Gijsbertus J.M. Krijnen

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    Abstract

    Next to image sensors, future’s robots will definitely use a variety of sensing mechanisms for navigation and prevention of risks to human life, for example flow-sensor arrays for 3D hydrodynamic reconstruction of the near environment. This paper aims to quantify the possibilities of our artificial hair flow-sensor for high-resolution flow field visualization. Using silicon-on-insulator (SOI) technology with deep trench isolation structures, hair-based flow sensors with separate electrodes arranged in wafer-scale arrays have been successfully fabricated. Frequency Division Multiplexing (FDM) is used to interrogate individual hair elements providing simultaneous real-time flow measurements from multiple hairs. This is demonstrated by reconstructing the dipole fields along different array elements and hence localizing a dipole source relative to the hair array elements.
    Original languageUndefined
    Title of host publicationInternational Congress on Flow Sensing in Air and Water
    Place of PublicationBonn, Germany
    PublisherUniversity of Bonn
    Pages-
    Number of pages1
    ISBN (Print)not assigned
    Publication statusPublished - Jul 2011
    EventInternational Congress on Flow Sensing in Air and Water - Bonn, Germany
    Duration: 17 Jul 201120 Jul 2011

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    PublisherUniversity of Bonn

    Conference

    ConferenceInternational Congress on Flow Sensing in Air and Water
    Period17/07/1120/07/11
    Other17-20 July 2011

    Keywords

    • METIS-284982
    • EWI-21210
    • TST-Life like
    • IR-79530

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