A detachable FBG-based contact force sensor for capturing gripper-vegetable interactions

• Main Authors: Lai, Wenjie, Liu, Jiajun, Sim, Bing Rui, Tan, Joel Ming Rui, Hegde, Chidanand, Magdassi, Shlomo, Phee, Soo Jay
• Other Authors: School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Language: English
• Published: 2025
• Subjects: Agricultural Sciences; Force and tactile sensing; Soft sensors and actuators; Agricultural automation
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/182852; https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/10611433
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

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