Experimental Evaluation of Two Commercial Force Sensors for Applications in Biomechanics and Motor Control

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  • Fabrizio Vecchi
  • Cinzia Freschi
  • Silvestro Micera
  • Angelo M. Sabatini
  • Paolo Dario
  • Rinaldo Sacchetti
چکیده

The objective of this work was the comparative analysis of two commercial force sensors, the FSR sensors (Interlink Electronics, Camarillo, CA, US) and the Flexiforce (Tekscan Inc., Boston, MA, US), that can be attached to the palmar surface of the fingers to study the biomechanics of the hand during grasp and to develop rehabilitative devices such as closed-loop controlled hand neuroprostheses. The performance tests were performed with the sensors mounted on the thumb. The Flexiforce sensors showed better performance in terms of repeatability, linearity and time drift when mounted on a rigid substrate, and in terms of dynamic accuracy when mounted on the thumb. The FSR sensors showed better performance in terms of robustness.

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تاریخ انتشار 2001