Micro-bending sensor made from polydimethylsiloxane

Abstract

The article describes the process of manufacturing micro-bending sensors from polydimethylsiloxane and the checking of their function on the basis of damping behaviour. We tested three manufactured alternatives and from the results we determined coefficients for the calculation of the mass of weight on the assumption that the level of damping is known. We also tested the micro-bending sensors in practice as a walking detector, we can imagine similar uses for the sensor because it is compact, reliable, simple to produce, resistant to unfavorable conditions and cheap.