Learning from Crickets: Artificial Hair-Sensor Array Developments

Gijsbertus J.M. Krijnen; Theodorus S.J. Lammerink; Remco J. Wiegerink

doi:10.1109/ICSENS.2010.5690634

Learning from Crickets: Artificial Hair-Sensor Array Developments

Gijsbertus J.M. Krijnen, Theodorus S.J. Lammerink, Remco J. Wiegerink

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Abstract

We have successfully developed biomimetic flowsensitive hair-sensor arrays taking inspiration from mechanosensory hairs of crickets. Our current generation of sensors achieves sub mm/s threshold air-flow sensitivity for single hairs operating in a bandwidth of a few hundred Hz and is the result of a few iterations in which the natural system (i.e. crickets filiform hair based mechano-sensors) have shown ample guidance to optimization. Important clues with respect to mechanical design, aerodynamics, viscous coupling effects and canopy based signal processing have been used during the course of our research. It is only by consideration of all these effects that we now may start thinking of systems performing a “flow-camera‿ function as found in nature in a variety of species.

Original language	Undefined
Title of host publication	IEEE Sensors 2010 Conference
Place of Publication	USA
Publisher	IEEE
Pages	2218-2223
Number of pages	6
ISBN (Print)	978-1-4244-8168-2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/ICSENS.2010.5690634
Publication status	Published - 1 Nov 2010
Event	9th IEEE Sensors 2010 - Hilton Waikoloa Village, Waikoloa, United States Duration: 1 Nov 2010 → 4 Nov 2010 Conference number: 9

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Publisher	IEEE

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Conference	9th IEEE Sensors 2010
Country/Territory	United States
City	Waikoloa
Period	1/11/10 → 4/11/10

Keywords

flow camera
flow sensor arrays
EWI-12149
Bio-inspired
METIS-275999
IR-75552
Biomimetics
TST-Life like

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