{"title":"A design methodology of wrist force sensor for a robot insufficient degree of freedom","authors":"R. Nagarajan, S. Yaacob, M. Muralindran","doi":"10.1109/ICSENS.2003.1279004","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICSENS.2003.1279004","url":null,"abstract":"The usage of robots in industry is expanding very fast. Different industrial applications require different size of robots and degree of freedom (dof) especially in the new trend of flexible manufacturing system when robots deal with multiple products manufacturing and varied complex tasks. There is significant difference in price of a robot of same type having different dof. The improvement in the degree of freedom allows the robot to expand its sphere of applications. Such an effort is laid in this paper where, the capability of a robot with an insufficient degree of freedom is improved by adding an additional arm and utilizing the robot for tactile sensing and surface exploration. A robotic wrist force sensor (wfs) is designed and developed for this purpose. In this paper the methodologies of wfs design by mathematical modeling, mechanical design and fabrication of the wfs are discussed. The wfs design is a modified Maltese cross sensor used on the 4 axis articulated Fanuc Robot LR-Mate 100i. An additional arm is created to overcome the limitation of the four dof of the Fanuc LR Mate Robot thus allowing more flexible usage of the robot wfs. A roller probe is also employed for probing and exploration of unknown surface.","PeriodicalId":369277,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of IEEE Sensors 2003 (IEEE Cat. No.03CH37498)","volume":"2 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2003-10-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114188212","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
C. Paulus, H. Wieder, C. Musewald, H. Lossau, R. Thewes
{"title":"A fully integrated CMOS sensor system for chronocoulometry","authors":"C. Paulus, H. Wieder, C. Musewald, H. Lossau, R. Thewes","doi":"10.1109/ICSENS.2003.1279163","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICSENS.2003.1279163","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper, a monolithically integrated electrochemical sensor system based on a CMOS chip is presented, which allows to per-form microminiaturized chronocoulometric analyses on chip with high sensitivity and large bandwidth. The chip is based on a standard 0.5 /spl mu/m CMOS technology extended by gold electrodes on the chip's surface. A possible exploration of this approach is the realization of electrochemical sensors, e.g. electronic DNA arrays, for the analysis of liquids.","PeriodicalId":369277,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of IEEE Sensors 2003 (IEEE Cat. No.03CH37498)","volume":"51 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2003-10-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114354742","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
F. Koushanfar, M. Potkonjak, A. Sangiovanni-Vincentelli
{"title":"On-line fault detection of sensor measurements","authors":"F. Koushanfar, M. Potkonjak, A. Sangiovanni-Vincentelli","doi":"10.1109/ICSENS.2003.1279088","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICSENS.2003.1279088","url":null,"abstract":"On-line fault detection in sensor networks is of paramount importance due to the convergence of a variety of challenging technological, application, conceptual, and safety related factors. We introduce a taxonomy for classification of faults in sensor networks and the first on-line model-based testing technique. The approach is generic in the sense that it can be applied on an arbitrary system of heterogeneous sensors with an arbitrary type of fault model, while it provides a flexible tradeoff between accuracy and latency. The key idea is to formulate on-line testing as a set of instances of a non-linear function minimization and consequently apply nonparametric statistical methods to identify the sensors that have the highest probability to be faulty. The optimization is conducted using the Powell nonlinear function minimization method. The effectiveness of the approach is evaluated in the presence of random noise using a system of light sensors.","PeriodicalId":369277,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of IEEE Sensors 2003 (IEEE Cat. No.03CH37498)","volume":"205 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2003-10-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115816881","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Precise AMR magnetometer for compass","authors":"A. Platif, J. Kubík, M. Vopálenský, P. Ripka","doi":"10.1109/ICSENS.2003.1278983","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICSENS.2003.1278983","url":null,"abstract":"AMR sensors gain growing popularity in linear applications such as compassing (Tumaski and Ripka). We discuss techniques, how to achieve precision required for 0.2 deg azimuth error in wide temperature range. While linearity of 80 ppm FS and sensitivity tempco of 20 ppm/K can be achieved by using feedback compensation, offset drift and crossfield error can be lowered to nT level by periodical flipping.","PeriodicalId":369277,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of IEEE Sensors 2003 (IEEE Cat. No.03CH37498)","volume":"356 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2003-10-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116132282","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Reliability of micromachined catalytic gas sensors","authors":"A. Norman, F. Stam, C. Ducso","doi":"10.1109/ICSENS.2003.1279158","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICSENS.2003.1279158","url":null,"abstract":"This work reports on the reliability testing of micromachined hotplates designed for calorimetric gas sensors. The devices consist of a platinum resistive heater on a silicon nitride substrate under which polysilicon has been etched. The devices have proprietary catalysts deposited onto the surface prior to reliability testing. Environmental, mechanical and electrical tests were performed on the devices. IR thermography work is described to demonstrate device processing issues as observed during some reliability tests. In general devices showed good mechanical stability, but the catalytic material deposited on the sensors showed some problems.","PeriodicalId":369277,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of IEEE Sensors 2003 (IEEE Cat. No.03CH37498)","volume":"11 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2003-10-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116232801","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
A. Iadicicco, A. Cusano, G. Persiano, A. Cutolo, R. Bernini, M. Giordano
{"title":"Refractive index measurements by fiber Bragg grating sensor","authors":"A. Iadicicco, A. Cusano, G. Persiano, A. Cutolo, R. Bernini, M. Giordano","doi":"10.1109/ICSENS.2003.1278905","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICSENS.2003.1278905","url":null,"abstract":"The numerical and experimental analysis on the use of thinned fiber Bragg gratings as refractive index sensors have been carried out. Wet chemical etching in a buffered hydrofluoric acid (HF) solution was used for sensor fabrication. Experimental characterization for an 8.5/spl mu/m etched cladding sensor is presented demonstrating resolutions of /spl ap/10/sup -5/ and /spl ap/10/sup -4/ for outer refractive index around 1.45 and 1.333, respectively.","PeriodicalId":369277,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of IEEE Sensors 2003 (IEEE Cat. No.03CH37498)","volume":"42 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2003-10-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116246054","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Internally-referenced chemical transducers using molecular probes assembled on fluorescent nanoparticles","authors":"J.Q. Brown, K. Guice, M. Mcshane","doi":"10.1109/ICSENS.2003.1278908","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICSENS.2003.1278908","url":null,"abstract":"Novel nanoscale carriers for fluorescent probes are being developed as optical sensors for intracellular monitoring of sodium, potassium, and oxygen. These carriers are constructed using the electrostatic layer-by-layer (LbL) assembly technique to create polyelectrolyte thin films on the surface of nanoparticles. The thin film surrounding the nanoparticles is then used as a \"sponge\" to absorb the charged analyte-specific fluorescent indicators. Fluorescent nanoparticles are used as templates, and are chosen such that their optical properties allow them to be used simultaneously with the fluorescent indicators as internal intensity references. The probes embedded in the polyion films retain their sensitivity to sodium, potassium, and oxygen over a broad range, and are stable to leaching for at least one week, much longer than the intended application. In addition, the small size of the devices (>300 nm) makes them amenable to intracellular deployment. The versatile scheme presented here provides an elegant alternative when carriers for probes that require intensity references are needed, and when high precision, control, and repeatability in fabrication are required.","PeriodicalId":369277,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of IEEE Sensors 2003 (IEEE Cat. No.03CH37498)","volume":"57 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2003-10-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123391179","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
A. Chowdhuri, V. Gupta, R. Kumar, P. Patanjali, S. Mozumdar, K. Sreenivas
{"title":"Improved response of H/sub 2/S gas sensors with CuO nanoparticles on SnO/sub 2/ film","authors":"A. Chowdhuri, V. Gupta, R. Kumar, P. Patanjali, S. Mozumdar, K. Sreenivas","doi":"10.1109/ICSENS.2003.1278928","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICSENS.2003.1278928","url":null,"abstract":"In our earlier work enhanced H/sub 2/S detection characteristics were observed in a novel sensor structure consisting of uniformly distributed CuO islands on SnO/sub 2/ films. Ultra-thin CuO in the form of dotted islands on SnO/sub 2/ film exhibited a high sensitivity (S = 7.3 /spl times/ 10/sup 3/) at a low operating temperature (150/spl deg/C), and a fast response speed of 14 s was obtained for H/sub 2/S gas detection In the initial study the CuO islands were large in diameter (0.6 mm) quite thick (10 nm) and were widely dispersed (1.2 mm apart). In the present work a systematic study on the catalyst CuO thickness and its distribution is reported and improved response and recovery are shown with chemically derived CuO nanoparticles. The main focus is towards trace-level (20 ppm) H/sub 2/S gas detection and sensor response characteristics including sensitivity and response speed with varying distribution of CuO catalyst on SnO/sub 2/ surface. The sensor operating temperature at which a maximum response is observed is found to decrease to a lower temperature of 130/spl deg/C with surface dispersed CuO nanoparticles. The response speed of the sensors to H/sub 2/S gas becomes progressively faster when the CuO catalyst is dispersed as nanoparticles or as dotted islands onto the SnO/sub 2/ film surface. With the SnO/sub 2/-CuO-nano sensor, a high sensitivity of 2 /spl times/ 10/sup 3/ at a low operating temperature of 130/spl deg/C is obtained with a fast response speed of 16 seconds for 20 ppm of HS gas and a recovery time of 61 seconds is measured. Enhanced catalytic activity is observed due to the presence of CuO nanoparticles and their spatial distribution allows for, an effective removal of adsorbed oxygen from the uncovered SnO/sub 2/ surface. Dissociated hydrogen available from the CuO-H/sub 2/S interaction spills over and is found to be primarily responsible for the observed fast response characteristics.","PeriodicalId":369277,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of IEEE Sensors 2003 (IEEE Cat. No.03CH37498)","volume":"71 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2003-10-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124448162","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
A. Cleary, S. García-Blanco, A. Glidle, J. Stewart Aitchison, P. Laybourn, Arthur James Cooper
{"title":"Towards optical fluorescence sensing using multimode interference splitters","authors":"A. Cleary, S. García-Blanco, A. Glidle, J. Stewart Aitchison, P. Laybourn, Arthur James Cooper","doi":"10.1109/ICSENS.2003.1278942","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICSENS.2003.1278942","url":null,"abstract":"One to N MMI splitters suitable for use in optical sensors have been fabricated using electron beam irradiation of germanium doped flame hydrolysis deposited (FHD) silica (a technique that we have previously used for producing waveguides) (Garcia-Blanco et al., 2001). The splitters have been integrated with microfluidic chambers to form a direct-excitation fluorescence sensor chip for use at visible wavelengths.","PeriodicalId":369277,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of IEEE Sensors 2003 (IEEE Cat. No.03CH37498)","volume":"50 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2003-10-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123627518","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Simulation of ion sensitive transistors using a SPICE compatible model","authors":"M. Daniel, M. Janicki, A. Napieralski","doi":"10.1109/ICSENS.2003.1278997","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICSENS.2003.1278997","url":null,"abstract":"The goal of this paper is to present a SPICE compatible electro-chemical model of the ion sensitive field effect transistor (ISFET). The presented approach is not entirely new and constitutes certain improvement of earlier works, e.g. by Grattarola et al. The main novelty of the model consists in the introduction of variable carrier mobility and the application of a more advanced model of the electrolyte double layer. These improvements allowed more accurate simulation of the device operating with different hydrogen ion concentrations and in different temperatures.","PeriodicalId":369277,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of IEEE Sensors 2003 (IEEE Cat. No.03CH37498)","volume":"16 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2003-10-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123918204","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}