FIBER OPTIC TACTILE SENSOR FOR ROBOTICS APPLICATIONS

Award Information

Agency: Department of Energy

Branch: N/A

Contract: N/A

Agency Tracking Number: 3445

Amount: $473,000.00

Phase: Phase II

Program: SBIR

Solicitation Topic Code: N/A

Solicitation Number: N/A

Timeline

Solicitation Year: N/A

Award Year: 1987

Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date): N/A

Award End Date (Contract End Date): N/A

Small Business Information

Physical Optics Corporation

3306 Dow Avenue

Redondo Beach, CA 90278

United States

DUNS: N/A

HUBZone Owned: No

Woman Owned: No

Socially and Economically Disadvantaged: No

Principal Investigator

Name: Dr. Joanna Jannson
Title: Principal Investigator
Phone: (213) 371-3909

Business Contact

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Research Institution

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Abstract

WITH THE RAPID GROWTH IN THE APPLICATION OF ROBOTICS AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, MORE SOPHISTICATION IN TACTILE SENSORS IS NEEDED TO AUGMENT THE CAPABILITY OF THE TYPICAL ROBOTIC MANIPULATOR/GRIPPER. THIS PROPOSED RESEARCH ENTAILSA NOVEL APPROACH TO TACTILE SENSING BY USING FIBER OPTIC SENSOR TECHNOLOGY IN ADDRESSING THIS NEED. BECAUSE OF ITS INTRINSIC ADVANTAGE OF NOISE IMMUNITY AND INTEGRABILITY, THIS FIBER OPTIC TACTILE SENSOR CAN BE IMPLEMENTED IN AN ARRAY CONFIGURATION TO PROVIDE INFORMATION ABOUT THE SPATIALDISTRIBUTION OF THE CONTACT FORCE AS WELL AS THE SURFACE TEXTURAL CHARACTERISTICS. THE THRUST OF THIS RESEARCH IS TOINVESTIGATE THIS FIBER OPTIC CONCEPT TO TACTILE SENSING BY DEMONSTRATING A SIMPLIFIED VERSION OF AN EXTRINSIC FIBER OPTIC SENSOR AS ONE OF THE IMPLEMENTATION ALTERNATIVE. THISTACTILE SENSOR CONSISTS OF A "SKIN" SENSING SURFACE WITH FIBER OPTICS ATTACHED, PROVIDING TACTILE INFORMATION CONTENTAS RICH AS THAT OF ROBOTIC VISION.

* Information listed above is at the time of submission. *

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