Planar 6-DOF Force-Torque Sensor

Multiaxial force sensors are only commercially available as high-precision, but also very expensive devices. This limits their application in many areas (e. g. medical and rehabilitation devices or force controlled robotics) where large numbers of sensors would be needed at acceptably low cost. This paper presents the innovative concept of a 6 DOF force-torque sensor, which enables automated large volume production at low cost and good reproducibility to enable the above mentioned new applications. The concepts have been worked out theoretically and validated experimentally using lab concept demonstrators. Having concrete demands for a future application the concept can be used as a basis of a product development process.