Université Libre De Bruxelles

Université De Mons

B-sens

Christophe Caucheteur

Nicolas Cauche

Jacques Deviere

Valérie Voisin

Patrice Megret

Marc Debliquy

Jean-Baptiste Valsamis

Driss Lahem

Marie-Georges Olivier

Jean-Michel Renoirt

Force transducer () include two structural members () spaced apart to define a gap () and being linked to each other. Optical fibers () are to the members and are freely suspended in the gap. The optical fibers are configured to provide a change in a detectable optical property responsive to a change in relative position between the two members in one or more predetermined degrees of freedom. Each of the optical fibers () is fixed to both structural members and continuous between the members to link the two structural members to each other. The optical fibers are substantially the only structure forming a link between the two structural members (), such that the arrangement of the optical fibers defines substantially the stiffness of the link between the two structural members in the one or more predetermined degrees of freedom, which stiffness is mainly, such as for at least 95%, determined by the optical fibers.

Optical force transducer

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Mons, Belgium

Christophe Caucheteur