Polymeric Sensors to Monitor Cockroach Locomotion Academic Article uri icon

abstract

  • We have developed a method using a polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) polymeric sensor to monitor the leg movements of cockroaches. The PVDF sensor was coated with gold as electrodes. It was attached to the leg of a roach. The voltage signals generated through bending directly correlate to the movement of the legs. It was found that the output voltage was a function of the degree of sensor bending caused by the movement of leg sclerites. An ex situ motorized linear stage generated similar results. 2007 IEEE.

published proceedings

  • IEEE Sensors Journal

author list (cited authors)

  • Lee, H., Cooper, R., Mika, B., Clayton, D., Garg, R., Gonzalez, J. M., ... Liang, H.

citation count

  • 12

complete list of authors

  • Lee, Hyungoo||Cooper, Rodrigo||Mika, Bartosz||Clayton, David||Garg, Rajesh||Gonzalez, Jorge M||Vinson, S Bradleigh||Khatri, Sunil||Liang, Hong

publication date

  • December 2007