we’ve made our own, we’ve worked with people making them, we’ve done collaborative projects around them and even got involved with PhDs around tactile sensor design. That’s taught us a few really interesting lessons that we’ve taken forwards in the design of tactile sensors for our ...
Touch sensors are devices that detect touch or contact by a finger, stylus or other object. They allow interacting with electronic systems in an intuitive, tactile way. With the Arduino platform, various types of touch sensors can be easily interfaced to create projects with touch input. ...
For gloves, Apple suggests the use of strip-shaped polymer substrates, with force sensor elements extended in a row, wording that suggests that multiple force measurements may be taken on a per-finger basis. There could also be stiffeners added to each of the force touch elements, which may...
A touchpad or trackpad on laptops serves as a tactile sensor device, acting as amouse for laptops. Sometimes, the touchpad getsaccidentally turned off— perhaps by unintentionally pressing the corresponding function (fn) key or shortcut combination on your keyboard. ...
The tactile display has a housing and a number of position motors movable between a working position protruding above the exterior of the housing and a rest position in which it is retracted into the clear outline of the housing. It has a sensor arrangement for interaction with the user's ...
Solenoids can also play a role inhaptic feedback systems. By converting electrical energy into mechanical movement, solenoids can simulate tactile sensations through physical movement, adding a layer of touch-based feedback to electronic devices. ...
While lasers and camera vision is used to instruct robot movement, the additional support of light-weight, cheap and flexible whiskers would give workplace and domestic robots additional tactile abilities in confined or cluttered spaces. Like a rat's whiskers, these sensors can be used to overcome...
Neural correlates of tactile prepulse inhibition: a functional MRI study in normal and schizophrenic subjects. Psychiatry Res 122: 99–113. Kumari V, Soni W, Mathew VM, Sharma T (2000). Prepulse inhibition of the startle response in men with schizophrenia: effects of age of onset of illness,...
The above fabrication strategy enables the pressure sensor excellent durability, sensitivity, and a large working range. The sensors exhibit the capability to precisely resolve subtle pulse signals as well as exceptionally high pressures up to the magnitude of MPa, satisfying the demands of application...
21.The method of claim 15 in which the property of the 3D object comprises a height or thickness of the 3D object. 22.An apparatus comprising:a sensor module to detect touch inputs, two-dimensional (2D) gesture inputs that are associated with a surface, and three-dimensional (3D) gesture...