Design, fabrication, and modeling of sensing, knitted structures

Sensor integration for soft structures can be a daunting task. Conventional sensors such as encoders are often only useful for detecting the motion at joints between rigid structures. Soft structures on the other hand require more customized sensing systems to capture the full articulation of a motion or position. These customized sensing systems often consist of flexible sensor arrays that can measure local mechanical deformations. Often times these sensors have complex fabrication processes and require unique design solutions for specific applications. Here we explore the use of knitted strain sensors in soft structure sensing systems. A low-cost method for fabrication of a hand position tracking glove is presented as an example.

Name thesis:degree_name

Master

Department dc:contributor.department

Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

Grantor dc:publisher

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Year dc:date.issued

2019

Author dc:creator

• Chounlakone, Mark.

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Daniela Rus.

• Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.

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• MIT theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed, downloaded, or printed from this source but further reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission.

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• http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582

Language dc:language.iso

eng

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https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/123015

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:dspace.mit.edu:1721.1/123015