The motivation for this project was the development of a platform that would allow patients using gait analysis devices more independence. Secondly, this system can also be applied to robotics. This project was able to measure normal pressure to the sensors with a high level of accuracy. The results of calibration of the sensor array led to linear results up to two and a half times the standing body weight of a 175 pound person with a size 10 shoe. The r-squared value of the results was 0.9925 showing the results were indeed linear. The hysteresis values of the sensor were 5.85%. The team was unable to calibrate the sensor to provide useable shear force data, although future ideas have been provided to further the sensor’s ability to calculate shear stress.

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Creator

• Johnson, Jessie Greg
• Ozkan, Selahaddin Sencer

Contributors

• Luo, Ming
• Billiar, Kristen L.
• Önal, Çağdaş

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-042816-121258

Advisor

• Billiar, Kristen
• Onal, Cagdas

Year

• 2016

Date created

• 2016-04-28

Resource type

• Major Qualifying Project

Major

• Interdisciplinary

Rights statement

• In Copyright

Last modified

• 2023-08-10