Tactile perception of textile surfaces from an artificial finger instrumented by a polymeric optical fibre

This study aims at designing an instrumented artificial finger able to reproduce friction behaviour with textile surfaces. The developed artificial finger was based on a polymeric optical fibre sensor inside a polydimethylsiloxane core and an external layer with a texture similar to a fingerprint. T...

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Published in:Tribology international 2019-02, Vol.130, p.155-169
Main Authors: Peyre, Kevin, Tourlonias, Michel, Bueno, Marie-Ange, Spano, Fabrizio, Rossi, René M.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Artificial finger
Coefficient of friction
Engineering Sciences
Fibers
Friction
Mechanics
Optics
Perception
Polydimethylsiloxane
Polymeric optical fibre
Polymers
Tactile
Textile
Textiles
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Summary:This study aims at designing an instrumented artificial finger able to reproduce friction behaviour with textile surfaces. The developed artificial finger was based on a polymeric optical fibre sensor inside a polydimethylsiloxane core and an external layer with a texture similar to a fingerprint. The results obtained with textile surfaces show a good correlation with the human finger in terms of the coefficient of friction and perception of the sliding direction. The signal obtained is a combination of normal and friction forces. Therefore, like a real finger, this artificial finger is sensitive to both shear and compression. •The first artificial finger instrumented with polymer optical fibre.•The first biomimetic artificial finger with optical fiber.•The point of interest is the measurement of the artificial finger deformation.•Validation of the artificial finger for two different textile fabrics.
ISSN:0301-679X
1879-2464
DOI:10.1016/j.triboint.2018.09.017