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Micro Force Plate Array for Measurement of
Ground Reaction Force of Insect Running

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This paper reports on a micro force plate array for measurement of ground reaction forces of insect legs during running. The micro force plate is composed of a plate base and three beams whose surface and sidewall area are doped, which enable to detect both pressure and shear force. The device size and force resolution are 2000 µm × 500 µm × 20 µm (length × width × height) and 1 µN, respectively. Using this force plate array, the ground reaction forces of an ant was able to be measured.

References :
Hidetoshi Takahashi, Kiyoshi Matsumoto, and Isao Shimoyama, “Micro Force Plate Array for Measurement of Ground Reaction Force of Insect Running,” The 26th IEEE International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS '13), pp. 59 - 62 , Taipei, Taiwan, Jan. 20 - 24, 2013.[Proceedings]