The invention relates to a load measuring device including a deformable component configured to be deformed under a load to be measured and a sensor assembly attached to a first portion of the deformable component and to a method for determining load using such a sensor assembly. It is proposed that the sensor assembly includes at least one acceleration sensor configured to detect a change in an orientation of the first portion with regard to the direction of gravity and that the deformable component is formed as a seal configured to be in sliding contact with a component configured to rotate in relation to the seal.

A control method, system and device for a flexible carbon cantilever beam actuated by a smart material is provided. The new control method, system and device aims to solve the problems of control overflow and instability that are likely to occur in the distributed parameter system constructed in the prior art. The method includes: acquiring an elastic displacement of the flexible carbon cantilever beam in real time as input data; and obtaining, based on the input data, a control torque through a distributed parameter model constructed in advance, and performing vibration control on the flexible carbon cantilever beam. The new control method, system and device improves the control accuracy and stability of the distributed parameter system.

A sensor, comprising a deformable substrate, comprising a structural metamaterial in a first configuration; a plurality of raised structures disposed throughout the substrate, wherein the plurality of raised structures are invertible; a responsive material layer, wherein the responsive material layer is disposed on the plurality of raised structures and is configured to invert the plurality of raised structures in the presence of an external stimuli; and a plurality of second configurations of the deformable substrate that correspond to a plurality of inverted raised structures.

The present invention relates to a load torque detection technology, and more particularly, to a device and method for load torque detection in a robot system. According to an embodiment of the present invention, it is possible to accurately detect the load torque without requiring a position sensor included in a load torque measurement actuator to have a multi-revolution function or additional power supply.

Aspects described herein provide structures for a force sensor, and force sensors using such structures, which are compact and easy to manufacture, for example by 3D printing. In particular the structures comprise a pair of stacked ring sensor elements, the ring sensor elements in turn being formed by upper and lower ring elements joined together at points around the circumference thereof by resiliently mounted connection bars. The connection bars may extend in the same plane as the rings, in which case sensitivity to torque about the axis of the rings is much reduced, such that a five-axis sensor is effectively obtained, or the connection bars may extend obliquely between the upper and lower rings of each sensor element, such that they have a directional component in the direction of the axis of the rings (the rings of each element being co-axially stacked). In this second case application of a torque about the ring axis causes the oblique connection bars to either increase or decrease their directional component in the axial direction, thus providing sensitivity to torque about the axis, and providing a compact six axis sensor.

A force balance sensor including a mechanical strain amplification system including a sensor torsion member having a first end and a second end spaced from one another along a longitudinal axis of the sensor torsion member, at least one strain sensor coupled to the sensor torsion member between the first and second ends, a first torsional stiffening member coupled to the first end of the sensor torsion member, and a second torsional stiffening member coupled to the second end of the sensor torsion member, wherein the first torsional stiffening member and the second torsional stiffening member are coupled to a torque member.

The present invention discloses a support for providing an in-plane or out-of-plane elastic torsional restraint and an experimental device including the same. The support includes a base formed with two vertical support lugs extending upwards; an inclined strut formed with two swinging portions, where the swinging portions are hingedly connected to the vertical support lugs in pairs; an outer frame part, disposed between the two vertical support lugs, where left and right side portions of the outer frame part are respectively hingedly connected to the vertical support lugs; an inner frame part, disposed inside the outer frame part, a first elastic part, connected between the swinging portion and the outer frame part, to provide a rotational restraint force on the outer frame part; and a second elastic part, connected between the outer frame part and the inner frame part, to provide a rotational restraint force on the inner frame part.

A device to sense degree of twist in a screwdriver and the magnitude of force applied includes a contacting portion, a deformation portion, a sensing portion, and a processor. The contacting portion receives a grip and twist pressure through the deformation portion which is tiltedly fixed to the contacting portion. The deformation portion carries the sensing portion and elastically deforms under the force and/or the torsion. The sensing portion detects a deformation of the deformation portion and generates a corresponding electrical signal. The processor receives the signal and determines the values of the twist caused and the force applied.

The invention relates to a load measuring device including a deformable component configured to be deformed under a load to be measured and a sensor assembly attached to a first portion of the deformable component and to a method for determining load using such a sensor assembly. It is proposed that the sensor assembly includes at least one acceleration sensor configured to detect a change in an orientation of the first portion with regard to the direction of gravity and that the deformable component is formed as a seal configured to be in sliding contact with a component configured to rotate in relation to the seal.

A device to sense degree of twist in a screwdriver and the magnitude of force applied includes a contacting portion, a deformation portion, a sensing portion, and a processor. The contacting portion receives a grip and twist pressure through the deformation portion which is tiltedly fixed to the contacting portion. The deformation portion carries the sensing portion and elastically deforms under the force and/or the torsion. The sensing portion detects a deformation of the deformation portion and generates a corresponding electrical signal. The processor receives the signal and determines the values of the twist caused and the force applied.