Design of a Clip-On Modular Tactile Sensing Attachment Based on Fiber Bragg Gratings: Theoretical Modeling and Experimental Validation.

Fengzhi Zhao, Yan Feng, Min Xu, Yaxi Li, Hua Zhang

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A Standalone Capacitive Tactile Fingertip Module for Multi-Point Contact Sensing in Robotic Grasping.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026
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Fengzhi ZhaoRobotics Institute, School of Mechanical and Automotive Engineering, Shanghai University of Engineering Science (SUES), Shanghai 201620, China.ORCID 0009-0005-7511-5886

Yan FengRobotics Institute, School of Mechanical and Automotive Engineering, Shanghai University of Engineering Science (SUES), Shanghai 201620, China.

Min XuSchool of Information Engineering, Shanghai Zhongqiao Vocational and Technical University, Shanghai 201514, China.

Yaxi LiRobotics Institute, School of Mechanical and Automotive Engineering, Shanghai University of Engineering Science (SUES), Shanghai 201620, China.

Hua ZhangRobotics Institute, School of Mechanical and Automotive Engineering, Shanghai University of Engineering Science (SUES), Shanghai 201620, China.

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National Natural Science Foundation of China 51665039

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Abstract

Despite widespread modular tooling in robots and automated systems, tactile sensing lags behind, constrained by custom and non-interchangeable sensors. To close this gap, we developed a clip-on cylindrical tactile module that combines a snap-fit Clip-on Cap (CC) with a plug-in Sensor Core (PSC) hosting an array of force sensing and temperature-reference fiber Bragg gratings (FBGs). An opto-mechanical model relates Bragg wavelength shifts to external forces through parameterized dimensions and remains applicable across varied module sizes. Two loading configurations are examined: Case I, a PSC fitted with a compliant PSC-solid insert, and Case II, a hollow PSC. Experiments across both configurations validate the model, with prediction errors below 8%. Case II offers up to twice the force sensitivity of Case I, whereas Case I maintains slightly higher linearity (R

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force perceptionmodularityoptical fiber Bragg gratingparametric opto-mechanical modelingtactile sensor

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PMID41094767

DOI10.3390/s25195943

PMCPMC12527103

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