3D Printed Micro Force Plate for Measuring the Ground Reaction Force of a Fruit Fly

Takumi Sugimoto; Hirofumi Toda; Hidetoshi Takahashi

doi:10.1109/MEMS51670.2022.9699472

3D Printed Micro Force Plate for Measuring the Ground Reaction Force of a Fruit Fly

Takumi Sugimoto, Hirofumi Toda, Hidetoshi Takahashi

Department of Mechanical Engineering

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Abstract

This paper reports on a micro force plate for a fruit fly, which is fabricated by a high-resolution 3D printer. The conventional force sensors for tiny insects were highly sensitive but fragile and took much time to be fabricated. The proposed force plate achieves both high sensitivity and toughness via completely 3D supporting micro-springs and an external laser displacement meter. The plate structure integrated with the micro-springs is easily and reproducibly printed in a single process. When a fruit fly lands on a plate surface, the ground reaction force (GRF) is measured with force resolution less than 1/50 of the body weight from the plate displacement via the laser displacement meter. Our proposed device is helpful to evaluate the biomechanics of tiny insects.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	35th IEEE International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems Conference, MEMS 2022
Publisher	IEEE Computer Society
Pages	703-705
Number of pages	3
ISBN (Electronic)	9781665409117
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/MEMS51670.2022.9699472
Publication status	Published - 2022
Event	35th IEEE International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems Conference, MEMS 2022 - Tokyo, Japan Duration: 2022 Jan 9 → 2022 Jan 13

Publication series

Name	IEEE Symposium on Mass Storage Systems and Technologies
Volume	2022-January
ISSN (Print)	2160-1968

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Conference	35th IEEE International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems Conference, MEMS 2022
Country/Territory	Japan
City	Tokyo
Period	22/1/9 → 22/1/13

Keywords

Displacement sensors
Force plate
Fruit fly
Ground reaction force

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Hardware and Architecture
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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Sugimoto, T., Toda, H., & Takahashi, H. (2022). 3D Printed Micro Force Plate for Measuring the Ground Reaction Force of a Fruit Fly. In 35th IEEE International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems Conference, MEMS 2022 (pp. 703-705). (IEEE Symposium on Mass Storage Systems and Technologies; Vol. 2022-January). IEEE Computer Society. https://doi.org/10.1109/MEMS51670.2022.9699472

3D Printed Micro Force Plate for Measuring the Ground Reaction Force of a Fruit Fly. / Sugimoto, Takumi; Toda, Hirofumi; Takahashi, Hidetoshi.
35th IEEE International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems Conference, MEMS 2022. IEEE Computer Society, 2022. p. 703-705 (IEEE Symposium on Mass Storage Systems and Technologies; Vol. 2022-January).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

Sugimoto, T, Toda, H & Takahashi, H 2022, 3D Printed Micro Force Plate for Measuring the Ground Reaction Force of a Fruit Fly. in 35th IEEE International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems Conference, MEMS 2022. IEEE Symposium on Mass Storage Systems and Technologies, vol. 2022-January, IEEE Computer Society, pp. 703-705, 35th IEEE International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems Conference, MEMS 2022, Tokyo, Japan, 22/1/9. https://doi.org/10.1109/MEMS51670.2022.9699472

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