The Shadow Robot Company, Ltd.
has produced a new type of tactile sensor for The Johns Hopkins
University in Baltimore. The sensitivity of the new sensors, which are
based on Quantum Tunnelling Composite (QTC) as the sensing medium, are
said to approach that of the human fingertip. The sensor will be used by
the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics
Lab as part of their DARPA-funded advanced
prosthetics project that we reported on last
month. Shadow has been added to the already impressive list
of subcontractors working with APL. The sensors are designed to be
used on the tips of thumbs or forefingers and have applications to
robotics as well as prostethics. Read on the full text of the press release.
Source: http://www.netchain.com
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