TY - GEN
T1 - High sensitive and large area force plate for ground reaction force measurement of ant running
AU - Kohyama, Sumihiro
AU - Takahashi, Hidetoshi
AU - Takahata, Tomoyuki
AU - Shimoyama, Isao
PY - 2018/4/24
Y1 - 2018/4/24
N2 - This paper reports on a MEMS force plate for measurement of total ground reaction force (GRF) of an ant during running. To achieve both high force sensitivity and ensuring area for ant running with several steps, the MEMS force plate consisted of two cantilever chips and one plate which were fabricated separately. The force plate was designed to measure vertical directional force with the force resolution under 0.5 μΝ. Using the fabricated MEMS force plate, we measured the GRF of Messor aciculatus. The results showed that the fluctuation of the ground reaction force was 3.7 % to the body weight of the ant.
AB - This paper reports on a MEMS force plate for measurement of total ground reaction force (GRF) of an ant during running. To achieve both high force sensitivity and ensuring area for ant running with several steps, the MEMS force plate consisted of two cantilever chips and one plate which were fabricated separately. The force plate was designed to measure vertical directional force with the force resolution under 0.5 μΝ. Using the fabricated MEMS force plate, we measured the GRF of Messor aciculatus. The results showed that the fluctuation of the ground reaction force was 3.7 % to the body weight of the ant.
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U2 - 10.1109/MEMSYS.2018.8346695
DO - 10.1109/MEMSYS.2018.8346695
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85047019010
T3 - Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS)
SP - 874
EP - 877
BT - 2018 IEEE Micro Electro Mechanical Systems, MEMS 2018
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
T2 - 31st IEEE International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems, MEMS 2018
Y2 - 21 January 2018 through 25 January 2018
ER -