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Design and analysis of surface pressure sensor for colonoscopic robot

  • Haiyan Hu*
  • , Weida Li
  • , Juan Li
  • , Lining Sun
  • *Corresponding author for this work
  • Soochow University

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Abstract

The colonoscopic robot with continuum structure can offer enhanced environmental interaction by deforming to fit environmental constraints. In order to improve its perception ability and avoid perforation and other kickbacks, it is necessary to integrate pressure sensors into colonoscopic robot. A surface pressure sensor for the measure of contact pressure between colonoscopic robot and colon wall is designed. The sensor is made of aluminum and is 15.6mm in diameter and 3mm in width. It consists of external ring, internal ring, connection and two resistance strain gauge. The mechanical structure of the sensor is introduced. The mechanical characteristics is analyzed and simulated by the finite element analysis software ANSYS. The experiment system is built and the data is sampled through Wheatstone bridge. The data fitting is performed based on least squares method with Matlab software. The result shows that the surface pressure sensor has advantages of good linearity and accuracy. This study lays a foundation for the practical application of colonoscopic robot.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)746-752
Number of pages7
JournalAdvanced Materials Research
Volume468-471
DOIs
StatePublished - 2012
Event3rd international Conference on Manufacturing Science and Engineering, ICMSE 2012 - Xiamen, China
Duration: 27 Mar 201229 Mar 2012

Keywords

  • Colonoscopic robot
  • Continuum structure
  • Data fitting
  • Simulation
  • Surface pressure sensor

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