Paper Info
Title
Wearable Vibration Sensor For Measuring The Wing Flapping Of Insects
Abstract
In this study, we fabricated a novel wearable vibration sensor for insects and measured their wing flapping. An analysis of insect wing deformation in relation to changes in the environment plays an important role in understanding the underlying mechanism enabling insects to dynamically interact with their surrounding environment. It is common to use a high-speed camera to measure the wing flapping; however, it is difficult to analyze the feedback mechanism caused by the environmental changes caused by the flapping because this method applies an indirect measurement. Therefore, we propose the fabrication of a novel film sensor that is capable of measuring the changes in the wingbeat frequency of an insect. This novel sensor is composed of flat silver particles admixed with a silicone polymer, which changes the value of the resistor when a bending deformation occurs. As a result of attaching this sensor to the wings of a moth and a dragonfly and measuring the flapping of the wings, we were able to measure the frequency of the flapping with high accuracy. In addition, as a result of simultaneously measuring the relationship between the behavior of a moth during its search for an odor source and its wing flapping, it became clear that the frequency of the flapping changed depending on the frequency of the odor reception. From this result, a wearable film sensor for an insect that can measure the displacement of the body during a particular behavior was fabricated.
Year
DOI
Venue
2021
10.3390/s21020593
SENSORS
Keywords
DocType
Volume
wearable vibration sensor, insect, wing flapping
Journal
21
Issue
ISSN
Citations 
2
1424-8220
0
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.34
0
7
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Ryota Yanagisawa100.34
Shunsuke Shigaki200.34
Kotaro Yasui300.34
Dai Owaki400.34
Yasuhiro Sugimoto502.03
Akio Ishiguro632160.94
Masahiro Shimizu783.91