MEMS two-dimensional friction coefficient sensors to avoid slipping

• Project/Area Number: 15K13905
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Intelligent mechanics/Mechanical systems
• Research Institution: Toyo University (2016-2017); The University of Tokyo (2015)
• Principal Investigator: Matsumoto Kiyoshi 東洋大学, 理工学部, 教授 (10282675)
• Project Period (FY): 2015-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2017)
• Budget Amount: ¥3,640,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥840,000); Fiscal Year 2017: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000); Fiscal Year 2016: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000); Fiscal Year 2015: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000)
• Keywords: 摩擦係数 / 圧力センサ / せん断力センサ / 局所滑り

Outline of Final Research Achievements

In this research, in order to measure slipperiness of objects, a local slip generation mechanism using a soft elastic material was studied. By combining this mechanism with a 3-axial tactile sensor for pressure and shear forces in two directions, friction coefficient sensors that measure the friction coefficient of the contact surface in 2-axial directions were proposed. A friction coefficient sensor with fine structures of nylon tegus and that with an elastic bump were developed, and by these sensors, detection capability of friction coefficient was confirmed. As detection mechanism with nonlinear sensitivity characteristics, a cantilever structure with variable rigidity controlled by Lorentz force was evaluated. For further applications, a foot structure for robots and a tire for cars that can detect friction coefficient and slip with road surface were developed.

Research Products

• [Journal Article] MEMS Sensor Devices with a Piezo-Resistive Cantilever (2018)
  • Author(s): Kiyoshi Matsumoto, Isao Shimoyama
  • Journal Title: International Journal of Automation Technology Volume: 12 Issue: 1 Pages: 4-14
  • DOI: 10.20965/ijat.2018.p0004
  • NAID: 130007505902
  • ISSN: 1881-7629, 1883-8022
  • Year and Date: 2018-01-05
  • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
• [Journal Article] A Tactile Sensor Using Piezoresistive Beams forDetection of the Coefficient of Static Friction (2016)
  • Author(s): Taiyu Okatani, Hidetoshi Takahashi, Kentaro Noda, Tomoyuki Takahata, Kiyoshi Matsumoto, Isao Shimoyama
  • Journal Title: Sensors Volume: 16(5) Issue: 5 Pages: 718-718
  • DOI: 10.3390/s16050718
  • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Acknowledgement Compliant
• [Journal Article] Scalable fabrication of microneedle arrays by spatially controlled UV exposure (2016)
  • Author(s): Hidetoshi Takahashi, Yun Jung Heo, Nobuchika Arakawa, Tetsuo Kan, Kiyoshi Matsumoto, Ryuji Kawano, Isao Shimoyama
  • Journal Title: Microsystems & Nanoengineering Volume: 2
  • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
• [Journal Article] High-sensitivity microelectromechanical systems-based tri-axis force sensor for monitoring cellular traction force (2016)
  • Author(s): Nguyen Thanh-Vinh, Omiya Tomoki, Tsukagoshi Takuya, Hirayama Kayoko, Noda Kentaro, Matsumoto Kiyoshi, Shimoyama Isao
  • Journal Title: Micro & Nano Letters Volume: 11(10) Issue: 10 Pages: 563-567
  • DOI: 10.1049/mnl.2016.0246
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Presentation] マイクロピラーアレイを用いた高感度MEMS 気流せん断応力センサ (2016)
  • Author(s): 高橋英俊，風間涼平，グェンタンヴィン，高畑智之，松本潔， 下山勲
  • Organizer: 第33回「センサ・マイクロマシンと応用システム」シンポジウム
  • Place of Presentation: 平戸文化センター（長崎県平戸市）
  • Year and Date: 2016-10-23
• [Presentation] A TACTILE SENSOR FOR SIMULTANEOUS MEASUREMENT OF APPLIED FORCES AND FRICTION COEFFICIENT (2016)
  • Author(s): Taiyu Okatani, Hidetoshi Takahashi, Kentaro Noda, Tomoyuki Takahata, Kiyoshi Matsumoto and Isao Shimoyama
  • Organizer: The 29th IEEE International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS '16)
  • Place of Presentation: 上海（中華人民共和国）
  • Year and Date: 2016-01-24
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] CANTILEVER WITH 10-FOLD TUNABLE SPRING CONSTANT USING LORENTZ FORCE (2016)
  • Author(s): W. Ohnishi, H. Takahashi, T. Takahata, K. Matsumoto, and I. Shimoyama
  • Organizer: The 29th IEEE International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS '16)
  • Place of Presentation: 上海（中華人民共和国）
  • Year and Date: 2016-01-24
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] PRESSURE DISTRIBUTION ON THE CONTACT AREA DURING THE IMPACT OF A DROPLET ON A TEXTURED SURFACE (2016)
  • Author(s): Nguyen Thanh-VinhÄi01Äi0, Kiyoshi Matsumoto, and Isao Shimoyama
  • Organizer: The 29th IEEE International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS '16)
  • Place of Presentation: 上海（中華人民共和国）
  • Year and Date: 2016-01-24
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] THE SOUND OF A SLIDING DROPLET (2016)
  • Author(s): Nguyen Thanh-Vinh, Hidetoshi Takahashi, Takuya Tsukagoshi, Kiyoshi Matsumoto and Isao Shimoyama
  • Organizer: The 29th IEEE International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS '16)
  • Place of Presentation: 上海（中華人民共和国）
  • Year and Date: 2016-01-24
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] CFRP MONITORING METHOD WITH PIEZORESISTIVE BEAMS (2016)
  • Author(s): Nobuhiko Matsuda, Nguyen Minh Dung, Tomoyuki Takahata, Kiyoshi Matsumoto, Isao Shimoyama
  • Organizer: The 29th IEEE International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS '16)
  • Place of Presentation: 上海（中華人民共和国）
  • Year and Date: 2016-01-24
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Patent(Industrial Property Rights)] 特許 (2016)
  • Inventor(s): 下山勲、松本潔、野田堅太郎、岡谷泰佑
  • Industrial Property Rights Holder: 国立大学法人 東京大学
  • Industrial Property Rights Type: 特許
  • Industrial Property Number: 2016-097362
  • Filing Date: 2016-05-13