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Design of Smart Three-Axis Force Sensor

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  • Lee, Kyung-Jun (Department of Control and Instrumentation Engineering(ERI), Gyeongsang National University) ;
  • Kim, Hyeon-Min (Robot Plus Co. Ltd., Gyeongsang National University) ;
  • Kim, Gab-Soon (Department of Control and Instrumentation Engineering(ERI), Gyeongsang National University)
  • Received : 2015.08.24
  • Accepted : 2016.01.28
  • Published : 2016.03.01
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Abstract

This paper describes the design of a smart three-axis force sensor for measuring forces Fx, Fy and Fz. The smart three-axis force sensor is composed of a three-axis force sensor, a force-measuring device, housing and a cover, where the three-axis force sensor and the force-measuring device are inside the housing and the cover. The measuring device measures forces Fx, Fy and Fz from the three-axis force sensor, and calculates the resultant force using the measured forces, and then sends the resultant force and forces to a PC or other controller using RS-485 communication. The repeatability error and the non-linearity error of the smart three-axis force sensor are less than 0.03%, and the interference error of the sensor is less than 0.87%. It is thought that the sensor can be used for measuring forces in a robot, automatic systems and so on.

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