The Research on the Static Calibration of Fingertip Force Sensor for Underwater Dexterous Hand on RBF Neural Network
The fingertip force sensor is the key for the complex task of the dexterous underwater hand, in order to safely grasp an unknown object using the dexterous underwater hand and accurately perceive its position in the fingers, a sensor should be developed, which can detect the force and position simultaneously. Furthermore, this sensor should be used underwater. It is difficult to employ the accustomed calibration method for the characteristic of the fingertip force sensor, and the accustomed method is not able to assure the precision. A calibration method based on RBF (Radial-Basis Function) neural network is introduced. Furthermore, the calibration system and program are also designed. The calibration experiment of the sensor is carried out. The results show the nonlinear calibration method based on RBF neural network assure the precision of the sensor, which meets the demand of research on the underwater dexterous hand.