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• TITLE: A Sputtering Deposition of Al Enhances the Output Reproducibility in a Conducting Rubber Force Sensor

  AUTHORS: Masato Ohmukai, Yasushi Kami

  KEYWORDS: Conducting Rubber, Force Sensor, Electrode, Magnetron Sputtering, Reproducibility

  JOURNAL NAME: Journal of Sensor Technology, Vol.6 No.3, August 19, 2016

  ABSTRACT: Compressive force sensors or pressure sensors are indispensable to tactile sensors in humanoid robots. It is investigated that low-cost electro-conducting rubber sheets are applied to the force sensor, of which the biggest problem is its poor reproducibility. It was found that the aluminum deposition by a vacuum evaporation method shows excellent characteristics but suffers deterioration by a radiation heating effect. The aluminum electrode was deposited by a sputtering method, known to have an advantage of a low-temperature method, and the reproducibility of the output was improved.