Force detecting device

Abstract

Abstract Device comprising two rigid components (1, 2) connected together by elastic means such as springs. This device comprises means for measuring movement in one to six degrees of freedom, of one component (2) relative to the other (1): these measuring means consist of sensors (4) which are each sensitive only to the component of movement in a corresponding axis (4a). In a preferred embodiment, the rigid components are each in the shape of a plate (1, 2), the two plates being juxtaposed and parallel, and the measuring means comprise six linear movement sensors of inductive type (4) whose axes (4a) are not parallel to each other and not parallel to the plates (1, 2). <IMAGE>

Inventors

• 👤 Christof W. Burckhardt
• 👤 Gérard Piller

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