A tactile sensor has an elastically deformable sheet, a coil that is provided in the sheet, a powdery or fibrous magnetic material that is provided in the sheet with the coil, and a detection portion that detects an inductance of the coil. The coil is wound in a spiral shape and the powdery or fibrous magnetic material is dispersed in the sheet.

A torque sensor assembly including a shaft configured to receive an applied torque. The shaft includes at least one region being magnetoelastic and configured to generate a magnetic field in response to the applied torque. A plurality of sensors, circumferentially positioned around the at least one region, configured to generate a plurality of signals that are indicative of the magnetic field. Each of the plurality of signals includes multiple harmonic components. A controller is connected with the plurality of sensors and being configured to receive the plurality of signals and determine (i) an average of the plurality of signals in order to cancel at least one of the harmonic components of the multiple harmonic components for each of the plurality of signals, and (ii) a magnitude of the applied torque based on the average of the plurality of signals.

The invention relates to an electronic handle (1) or a walking assistance apparatus equipped with such a handle, said electronic handle being arranged so as to allow the measurement of at least one component of a force applied thereto, said handle (1) comprising a central part (10) and an outer jacket (20), said electronic handle (1) being characterized in that it comprises a first photoelectric cell (30) and a first shutter element (40), arranged so that a force applied to the electronic handle (1) is capable of causing a change in the amount of photons received by a first receiver (32), said change being proportional to a first component of the force applied to the electronic handle (1).

The invention relates to an electronic handle (1) or a walking assistance apparatus equipped with such a handle, said electronic handle being arranged so as to allow the measurement of at least one component of a force applied thereto, said handle (1) comprising a central part (10) and an outer jacket (20), said electronic handle (1) being characterized in that it comprises a first photoelectric cell (30) and a first shutter element (40), arranged so that a force applied to the electronic handle (1) is capable of causing a change in the amount of photons received by a first receiver (32), said change being proportional to a first component of the force applied to the electronic handle (1).

A torque-angle sensor includes a torque sensing unit, an angle sensing unit, and a PCB. The torque sensing unit includes a signal input rotor and a signal output rotor. The angle sensing unit includes a driving gear and a driven gear that is fitted round and fixed to one of the signal rotors. The PCB has a torque magnetic field generating unit, an input shaft signal collecting unit, and an output shaft signal collecting unit that sense a rotation angle and torque of the signal rotors. The PCB has an angle magnetic field generating unit and an angle collecting unit that sense a rotation angle of the driving gear and the driven gear. The torque magnetic field generating unit, the input shaft signal collecting unit, the output shaft signal collecting unit, the angle magnetic field generating unit, and the angle collecting unit are configured as coils formed by printed circuits.

Methods, apparatuses, systems, and computer program products for facilitating human intervention in an autonomous device are disclosed. In a particular embodiment, a method of facilitating human intervention in an autonomous device includes a service controller selecting from a first plurality of human interventionists, by a service controller, a first set of human interventionists to respond to a request associated with an autonomous device; transmitting, by the service controller, the request to a first set of interventionist devices, each interventionist device of the first set of interventionist devices associated with a particular human interventionist in the first set of human interventionists; and receiving from the first set of interventionist devices, by the service controller, a first set of interventionist responses to the request.

According to an aspect, there is provided a grip measurement system (300) comprising a door handle (100') comprising a first sensor (108) configured to measure a first parameter indicative of an amount of a part of a user’s hand in contact with the first sensor; a storage device (304); and a processor (302) configured to estimate, based on the measured first parameter, a force applied onto the first sensor by the part of the user’s hand; and store an indication of the estimated force in the storage device.

A steering system of a vehicle is provided. The steering system adjusts the torsional rigidity of a torsion bar without limitation as to the configuration thereof and performs active control responding to the vehicle state by adjusting steering characteristics by controlling the torsional rigidity of the torsion bar based on the traveling condition, load state or driving mode of the vehicle. The steering system includes an MR assist device, which is coupled to an end portion of the torsion bar and adjusts the rotation and torsional rigidity of the torsion bar using an MR fluid as a working fluid.

A method for manufacturing a deformation detection sensor that includes: preparing a plurality of thermoplastic resin layers, at least one of which has a main surface on which a conductive member is formed; laminating the plurality of thermoplastic resin layers; after lamination, integrally forming the plurality of thermoplastic resin layers by hot pressing to obtain a laminated body configured so that a transmission line is formed from a first portion of the conductive member and the laminated body; and attaching a piezoelectric film to the laminated body so that a piezoelectric element is formed from a second portion of the conductive member, the laminated body, and the piezoelectric film.

A method for manufacturing a deformation detection sensor that includes: preparing a plurality of thermoplastic resin layers, at least one of which has a main surface on which a conductive member is formed; laminating the plurality of thermoplastic resin layers; after lamination, integrally forming the plurality of thermoplastic resin layers by hot pressing to obtain a laminated body configured so that a transmission line is formed from a first portion of the conductive member and the laminated body; and attaching a piezoelectric film to the laminated body so that a piezoelectric element is formed from a second portion of the conductive member, the laminated body, and the piezoelectric film.