Dr. Benjamin M. O'Brien Profile

Dr. Benjamin M. O'Brien

CEO at StretchSense

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Publications (25)

Proceedings Article | 15 April 2016 Paper

Energy harvesting for dielectric elastomer sensing

Iain Anderson, Patrin Illenberger, Ben O'Brien

Proceedings Volume 9798, 97980U (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2219524

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Dielectrics, Energy harvesting, Electronics, Capacitance, Oscillators, Capacitors, Polymers, Robotics, Resistors

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Proceedings Article | 15 April 2016 Presentation + Paper

Non-verbal communication through sensor fusion

Andreas Tairych, Daniel Xu, Benjamin O'Brien, Iain Anderson

Proceedings Volume 9798, 97982D (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2219421

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Sensor fusion, Dielectrics, Gesture recognition, Telecommunications, Sensor technology, Human-computer interaction, Capacitance, Calibration, Prototyping, Silicon

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Proceedings Article | 8 March 2014 Paper

Enabling large scale capacitive sensing for dielectric elastomers

Daniel Xu, Thomas McKay, Silvain Michel, Iain Anderson

Proceedings Volume 9056, 90561A (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2044356

KEYWORDS: Capacitance, Sensors, Dielectrics, Artificial intelligence, Electrodes, Motion measurement, Capacitors, Resistance, Electronics, Phase shifts

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Proceedings Article | 8 March 2014 Paper

Stretch sensors for human body motion

Ben O'Brien, Todd Gisby, Iain Anderson

Proceedings Volume 9056, 905618 (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2046143

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Dielectrics, Capacitance, Electrodes, Neodymium, Resistance, Motion measurement, Dielectric elastomer actuators, Calibration, Kinematics

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Proceedings Article | 9 April 2013 Paper

3-dimensional fabrication of soft energy harvesters

Thomas McKay, Peter Walters, Jonathan Rossiter, Benjamin O'Brien, Iain Anderson

Proceedings Volume 8687, 86870J (2013) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2009919

KEYWORDS: Capacitance, Dielectrics, 3D printing, Silicon, Custom fabrication, Electroactive polymers, Computer aided design, Device simulation, Dielectric elastomer actuators, Remote sensing

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Proceedings Article | 9 April 2013 Paper

Tunable grating with active feedback

Samuel Rosset, Benjamin O'Brien, Todd Gisby, Daniel Xu, Herbert Shea, Iain Anderson

Proceedings Volume 8687, 86872F (2013) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2009358

KEYWORDS: Capacitance, Actuators, Electrodes, Silicon, Carbon, Dielectrics, Sensors, Diffraction gratings, Data modeling, Silicon carbide

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Proceedings Article | 5 April 2012 Paper

Self-priming dielectric elastomer generator design

Thomas McKay, Benjamin O'Brien, Emilio Calius, Iain Anderson

Proceedings Volume 8340, 83401Y (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.915464

KEYWORDS: Capacitance, Wind energy, Capacitors, Dielectrics, Diodes, Motion models, Electronics, Simulink, Resistors, Video

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Proceedings Article | 4 April 2012 Paper

Cutting the fat: artificial muscle oscillators for lighter, cheaper, and slimmer devices

Benjamin O'Brien, Samuel Rosset, Herbert Shea, Iain Anderson

Proceedings Volume 8340, 834008 (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.915117

KEYWORDS: Oscillators, Artificial muscles, Switches, Actuators, Dielectrics, Sensors, Materials processing, Control systems, Electrodes, Robots

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Proceedings Article | 4 April 2012 Paper

Pump it up

Luc Maffli, Benjamin O'Brien, Samuel Rosset, Herbert Shea

Proceedings Volume 8340, 83402Q (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.914831

KEYWORDS: Silicon, Electrodes, Dielectrics, Liquids, Actuators, Microfluidics, Semiconducting wafers, Etching, Microfabrication, Oxides

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Proceedings Article | 4 April 2012 Paper

The need for speed

Samuel Rosset, Pit Gebbers, Benjamin O'Brien, Herbert Shea

Proceedings Volume 8340, 834004 (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.914623

KEYWORDS: Electrodes, Actuators, Silicon, Carbon, Ion implantation, Dielectrics, Data modeling, Gold, Polymers, Silicon carbide

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Proceedings Article | 4 April 2012 Paper

How far and how hard: tactile feedback for robotic manipulators

Todd Gisby, Benjamin O'Brien, Iain Anderson

Proceedings Volume 8340, 83401S (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.915475

KEYWORDS: Capacitance, Actuators, Robotics, Ions, Artificial muscles, Sensors, Solids, Electromagnetism, Electrodes, Neodymium

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