Re:Show HN: I made a new sensor out of 3D printer filament f...
by 00702 on Thursday April 11, 2024 @01:26PM
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The finger bending example is certainly a classic for something like this but I think it truly shines in soft robot examples like flapping wing robots or swimming finned robot, where it's critical for sensors to be mechanically transparent so as to not impact the usually delicate dynamics. The "soft" robotic arm in my earlier paper is another good example https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9763962
> OptiGap’s application is mainly within the realm of soft robotics, which typically involves compliant (or ‘squishy’) systems, where the use of traditional sensors is often not practical.
This explanation is already quite clear. If I understood correctly, by "predefined resolution" you mean that it detects which silicone sleeve was bent on a tube with a series of them, correct?
Can you provide more concrete examples for how you envision it being used? The first application that comes to mind is sensing how fingers bend in a glove controller.