TY - GEN
T1 - 3-Axis Force Estimation of a Soft Skin Sensor using Permanent Magnetic Elastomer (PME) Sheet with Strong Remanence
AU - Wang, Yushi
AU - Kamezaki, Mitsuhiro
AU - Wang, Qichen
AU - Sakamoto, Hiroyuki
AU - Sugano, Shigeki
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported by JST Moonshot R&D, Grant Number JPMJMS2031, and JSPS KAKENHI Grant Number
Publisher Copyright:
© 2022 IEEE.
PY - 2022
Y1 - 2022
N2 - This paper describes a prototype of a novel Permanent Magnetic Elastomer (PME) sheet based skin sensor for robotic applications. Its working principle is to use a Hall effect transducer to measure the change of magnetic field. PME is a polymer that has Neodymium particles distributed inside it, after strong magnetization for anisotropy, the PME acquires strong remanent magnetization that can be comparable to that of a permanent magnet, in this work, we made improvement of the strength of the magnetic field of PME, so it achieved magnetic strength as high as 25 mT when there is no deformation. When external forces apply on the sensor, the deformation of PME causes a change in the magnetic field due to the change in the alignment of the magnetic particles. Compared with other soft magnetic sensors that employ similar technology, we implemented linear regression method to simplify the calibration, so we focus on the point right above the magnetometer. An MLX90393 chip is installed at the bottom of the PME as the magnetometer. Experimental results show that it can measure forces from 0.01-10 N. Calibration is confirmed effective even for shear directions when the surface of PME is less than 15 x 15 mm.
AB - This paper describes a prototype of a novel Permanent Magnetic Elastomer (PME) sheet based skin sensor for robotic applications. Its working principle is to use a Hall effect transducer to measure the change of magnetic field. PME is a polymer that has Neodymium particles distributed inside it, after strong magnetization for anisotropy, the PME acquires strong remanent magnetization that can be comparable to that of a permanent magnet, in this work, we made improvement of the strength of the magnetic field of PME, so it achieved magnetic strength as high as 25 mT when there is no deformation. When external forces apply on the sensor, the deformation of PME causes a change in the magnetic field due to the change in the alignment of the magnetic particles. Compared with other soft magnetic sensors that employ similar technology, we implemented linear regression method to simplify the calibration, so we focus on the point right above the magnetometer. An MLX90393 chip is installed at the bottom of the PME as the magnetometer. Experimental results show that it can measure forces from 0.01-10 N. Calibration is confirmed effective even for shear directions when the surface of PME is less than 15 x 15 mm.
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U2 - 10.1109/AIM52237.2022.9863376
DO - 10.1109/AIM52237.2022.9863376
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85137735918
T3 - IEEE/ASME International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics, AIM
SP - 302
EP - 307
BT - 2022 IEEE/ASME International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics, AIM 2022
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
T2 - 2022 IEEE/ASME International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics, AIM 2022
Y2 - 11 July 2022 through 15 July 2022
ER -