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Conventionally, to measure the strain of rigid objects, such as metal objects, strain gauges are widely used. For strain measurement of flexible objects with a wide dynamic range (for example, 100% or more), strain sensors are required. A flexible strain sensor is expected to enable a variety of technologies to be realized—for example, measurement applications, human interfaces, smart wear, skin motion monitoring, and robotic skin.
We have developed a stretchable strain sensor, C-STRETCH®, using compound techniques involving elastomers and elastic conductive materials. This sensor has a wide dynamic range (up to 200% elongation) and is a very soft, very thin film with high responsiveness and excellent measurement accuracy.
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Otaka, H. (2019). Dielectric Elastomer Sensors: Development of a Stretchable Strain Sensor System. In: Asaka, K., Okuzaki, H. (eds) Soft Actuators. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-6850-9_37
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