Patent ID: 6886415
Filing Date: 2005-05-03
Classification: B25J,G01L

Abstract:
1. A tactile sensor, comprising: a first strain generating section having a shape of a disk; second to fifth strain generating sections each of which is provided as a plate-shaped extension of the first strain generating section extended from one of peripheral edge portions of the first strain generating section that are divided into four substantially equiangular portions, each of the second to fifth strain generating sections being structured to support the first strain generating section as a leg of the first strain generating section; first to fourth foot sections extended at a side different from a first strain generating section side respectively from the second to fifth strain generating sections; a diaphragm type first strain gauge attached to a discoid surface of the first strain generating section; and second to fifth strain gauges attached respectively to planer surfaces of the second to fifth strain generating sections.