New from Optics Express: Flexible optical touch sensor simultaneously pinpoints pressure strength and location https://bit.ly/46Kpvwy Unlike conventional optical tactile sensors, which tend to have a single input-output path, the sensor design achieves multiple optical channels by embedding polymer optical waveguides in silicone rubber. By enabling distributed pressure sensing, the advance could enable smarter interfaces and devices. Keio University Global Page #Technology #Sensors #Robotics | O

Low-Impedance Displacement Sensors for Intuitive Physical Human-Robot Interaction This video demonstrates the physical interaction between a human user and a 5-dof robot equipped with two 3-dof passive sensing shells mounted on the links. There are no force/torque sensors. The motion of the passive shells is measured using encoders and used to guide the motion of the robot. It can be observed that the robot responds very intuitively to the input motion of the user and that the interaction impeda