Hair flow sensors: from bio-inspiration to bio-mimicking—a review

J Tao, XB Yu - Smart Materials and Structures, 2012 - iopscience.iop.org
A great many living beings, such as aquatics and arthropods, are equipped with highly
sensitive flow sensors to help them survive in challenging environments. These sensors are …

Force–torque sensors for minimally invasive surgery robotic tools: An overview

GG Muscolo, P Fiorini - IEEE Transactions on Medical Robotics …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Robot-assisted surgery is a multidisciplinary research field, which includes many subjects
(eg, medicine and surgery, engineering, mechanics, electronics, computer science, physics …

Micromachined flow sensors in biomedical applications

S Silvestri, E Schena - Micromachines, 2012 - mdpi.com
Application fields of micromachined devices are growing very rapidly due to the continuous
improvement of three dimensional technologies of micro-fabrication. In particular …

Nitride-based materials for flexible MEMS tactile and flow sensors in robotics

C Abels, VM Mastronardi, F Guido, T Dattoma… - Sensors, 2017 - mdpi.com
The response to different force load ranges and actuation at low energies is of considerable
interest for applications of compliant and flexible devices undergoing large deformations …

MEMS capacitive flow sensor for natural gas pipelines

SD Nguyen, I Paprotny, PK Wright, RM White - Sensors and Actuators A …, 2015 - Elsevier
This paper presents the design, fabrication, and experimental results of an in-plane MEMS
capacitive flow sensor that uses the displacement of a micro-fabricated paddle caused by …

Near-field electrospinning-enabled direct-write P (VDF-TrFE) nano/micro-fiber-based piezoelectric film for a high-performance airflow sensor

J Hu, J Chen, P Liu, S Fan, W Duan - Sensors and Actuators A: Physical, 2022 - Elsevier
Airflow sensor is a crucial component in many engineering settings, such as sustainable
energy utilization, environmental monitoring, weather forecasting, and aerospace …

CNT‐based artificial hair sensors for predictable boundary layer air flow sensing

KA Slinker, C Kondash, BT Dickinson… - Advanced Materials …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
While numerous flow sensor architectures mimic the natural cilia of crickets, locusts, bats,
and fish, the prediction of sensor output for given flow conditions based on the sensor …

Precise mass determination of single cell with cantilever-based microbiosensor system

B Łabędź, A Wańczyk, Z Rajfur - PloS one, 2017 - journals.plos.org
Having determined the mass of a single cell of brewer yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae by
means of a microcantilever-based biosensor Cantisens CSR-801 (Concentris, Basel …

Analysis and development technique of a fully 3-D-Printed differential capacitive anemometric sensor

A Leoni, G Barile, G Ferri, V Stornelli - IEEE Sensors Journal, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Current developments in the field of 3-D printing have employed embedded electronics, in
order to implement innovative devices and sensors. In this work, we present the analysis …

Optical fiber anemometer based on a multi-FBG curvature sensor

E Fujiwara, JG Hayashi, T da Silva Delfino… - IEEE Sensors …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
An optical fiber anemometer based on a flexible multi-FBG curvature sensor is reported. The
probe is comprised of a structured polymer shell with embedded single-mode fibers with …