Watching a crane operator elevate and transport a heavy load over a significant distance to a precise location with an articulated crane is always a fascinating and thought-provoking activity. With today’s concerns about job safety, how is safety handled in this process? Safety begins with the skill of the crane operator but today’s sensors and […]
What types of sensors are used in robots? Part 1 of 2
Fully functional human robots, such as those being developed by Boston Dynamics, need numerous sensors to simulate a variety of human and beyond human capabilities. For the human part, the sensors provide the ability to see, hear, touch and move. In general, industrial robots employ sensors for a variety of activities. Some sensors provide environmental […]
Smart Helmet Employs Force Location Sensing
In its Smart Helmet Sensor System, BeBop Sensors claims the first helmet system employing a Force Location Sensor System. The company’s flexible fabric sensors provide high resolution, location-specific impact information. In addition to sensing velocity thresholds, a latticed array of over 40 sensors embedded in the helmet liner, gives it the ability to track the […]
Simplified Development/Implementation of Force Measurements
Force measurements can be rather easily made with Tekscan’s FlexiForce A201 flexible piezoresistive force sensor that is available in three force ranges: low 4.4 N (0 – 1 lb), medium 111 N (0 – 25 lb) and high 445 N (0 – 100 lb). The sensors have a linearity (error) of < ±3% and response […]
