CPC B25J 19/025 (2013.01) [B25J 9/1692 (2013.01); G01B 11/005 (2013.01); G01L 1/246 (2013.01)] | 13 Claims |
1. A tactile and/or optical distance sensor comprising:
a housing having at least one elongate portion;
a measurement arm arranged in the housing, at least partially extending through the at least one elongate portion, and having at one end a tactile and/or optical probe element;
a transducer configured to capture a position of the tactile probe element or a signal of the optical probe element and to generate associated probe element measurement signals; and
an advance unit, with which the housing is linearly displaceable along an advance direction, and
wherein a strain sensor is located in a region of the measurement arm extending through the at least one elongate portion or at an adjacent region directly adjoining said region, and wherein the strain sensor has a fiber Bragg grating.
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