Described herein is a ruggedized microelectromechanical (“MEMS”) force sensor including both piezoresistive and piezoelectric sensing elements and integrated with complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (“CMOS”) circuitry on the same chip. The sensor employs piezoresistive strain gauges for static force and piezoelectric strain gauges for dynamic changes in force. Both piezoresistive and piezoelectric sensing elements are electrically connected to integrated circuits provided on the same substrate as the sensing elements. The integrated circuits can be configured to amplify, digitize, calibrate, store, and/or communicate force values electrical terminals to external circuitry.

A surgical instrument for applying fasteners includes a drive motor, a replaceable loading unit having an end-effector assembly, and an adapter configured to releasably couple a replaceable loading unit to the drive motor. The adapter includes a strain gauge having a drive circuit coupled thereto. The strain gauge and the drive circuit are configured to directly measure a driving force in the adapter.

An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a housing, a communication circuit configured to perform short range communication with a mobile device by using a first communication channel and perform wireless communication with an external output device by using a second communication channel and a control circuit configured to, when the mobile device is located on or in close proximity to the housing, obtain content that is being output by the mobile device through the first communication channel and transmit the obtained content to the external output device through the second communication channel.

A reversible force measuring device for ascertaining the magnitude and/or direction of an applied load and having a cavity containing an indicating material such as a fluid, with the cavity configured such that when a load is applied to the device, it causes a reversible volumetric change to the cavity. This change causes the indicating material to move in or out of the cavity in a quantity which corresponds to the magnitude and/or direction of the applied load. By measuring the movement of the indicating material, a user can determine the magnitude and/or direction of the applied load. The device may include a component which generates an electrical signal from the measured movement and transmits this signal to another device to control the tensioning of one or more fastener components and or make other analytical measurements by combining this measurement with other measurements like torque and or angle.

First and second operations are executed under control of a peeling inspection control apparatus functioning as a peeling and grasping control unit. In the first operation, a processed surface contact state in which a processed outer peripheral surface of a contact roller and a surface of a lead wire are in contact with each other is maintained, and contact roller rotation operation is executed in which the contact roller is moved on the surface of the lead wire while the contact roller is being rotated. During execution of the first operation, a tip portion of the lead wire is peeled from a glass substrate. Thereafter, in the second operation, grasping operation is executed in which the tip portion of the lead wire peeled from the glass substrate is grasped by a grasping mechanism.

External External loading test apparatus comprising: a structure with at least three pillars supporting a platform, the platform being configured to receive a podded electric propulsion motor in a hanging position while allowing operation of said pod, at least a test subsystem, for applying a force on the pod to simulate full scale external loading.

Described herein is a method and system for testing a force or strain sensor in a continuous fashion. The method employs a sensor, a test fixture, a load cell, a mechanical actuator and tester hardware and software to simultaneously record signal outputs from the sensor and load cell as functions of time. The method provides time synchronization events for recording data streams between, for example, a linear ramp of the force on, or displacement of, the sensor and for extracting performance characteristics from the data in post-test processing.

The present invention belongs to the technical field of multiple bolt transverse load loosing testers, and relates to a closed loop control method for transverse load amplitude of multiple bolt loosing tester. The closed loop control method is used to conduct stepless amplitude modulation and accurate control for transverse loads of a multiple bolt loosing tester, thereby realizing stepless amplitude modulation and accurate control for the transverse loads. The closed loop control method is realized based on the multiple bolt loosing tester. The multiple bolt loosing tester consists of four parts: a transverse load amplitude control part, a transverse load transmission part, a torque load transmission part and an axial load transmission part. The present invention can provide stepless amplitude modulation continuous transverse loads for a flange bolt set and guarantee the accuracy of the transverse loads through a closed loop control system.

Embodiments of the present invention provide robust capacitive grip sensors that may be used in a variety of applications, including single-handed and double-handed grips, such as but not limited to barbells. Apparatus as disclosed herein and efficiently measure the presence of a human grip without requiring deformation of a gripped surface area.

An example implementation involves receiving measurements from an inertial sensor coupled to the robot and detecting an occurrence of a foot of the legged robot making contact with a surface. The implementation also involves reducing a gain value of an amplifier from a nominal value to a reduced value upon detecting the occurrence. The amplifier receives the measurements from the inertial sensor and provides a modulated output based on the gain value. The implementation further involves increasing the gain value from the reduced value to the nominal value over a predetermined duration of time after detecting the occurrence. The gain value is increased according to a profile indicative of a manner in which to increase the gain value of the predetermined duration of time. The implementation also involves controlling at least one actuator of the legged robot based on the modulated output during the predetermined duration of time.