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SETUP FOR THICKNESS CALIBERATION
SHEET DOWNSIDE CROSS
SECTION

SHEET
SLOT

ELECTRIC FIELD DETECTORS CLAMPED TO SHEET BASE ON SHEET SLOTS

concept
• Electric active probe can be used to generate electric field. Using this method it is possible
to determine distances of a variety of objects, independently of object properties
such as size or material.

• The fish uses its own body and its field to locate objects in the waters. As an
inspiration we take this fact to build a sensing model for our fish like robot.

• The model permits to predict the perturbation of a small object on a

sensor of slender geometry. The model can be expressed as following:
I = (C0 + δC) U

Where I stands for the measured currents on two electrodes, C0

is the conductance of the medium with no object, δC is the perturbation of the conductance
induced by the presence of the object and U is the voltages imposed on the electrodes in
order to create like the fish an electric field.

The model as simply as stated consists in

• two electrodes distributed on a line and separated by a distance
• such that it prevents from any mutual perturbation.
concept
• The sensor consists of three parts: emitting and recording
electrodes, a logical device, and a computer.

• The task of the electrodes is twofold: to build up and to measure an electric field.
To do this the electrodes are arranged on a two-dimensional receptor surface, e.g.
in a single line at fixed intervals or in a larger two-dimensional field of sensor
electrodes. In that arrangement, usually one or two electrodes form the emitting
system
similar to the electric organ of the fish), while all other electrodes are used for
electric field measurements (similar to the electroreceptor array of the fish).
Depending on the
• measuring task, the electrical signal that is emitted by the electrodes can be a sine
wave (as in wave-type electric fishes) or a brief pulse (as in pulse-type species).

The voltage along the receptor array is determined at each measuring electrode,
A/D-converted and transferred to a computer for further analysis. To detect, localize,
and
• analyse an object in front of the sensor-array, the difference between the
undisturbed field and the field distorted by an object is calculated and processed