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<h2 id="applications">Applications</h2> <p>Wearable stretch sensors can be used for tasks such as measuring body posture or movement.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a> in 2018, New Zealand based company StretchSense began making a <a href="/facts/Motion_capture/vy5ab34S">motion capture</a> glove (<a href="/facts/Data_glove/8rfJF2HT">data glove</a>) using stretch sensors.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7"><sup>7</sup></a> Unlike gloves that use inertial or optical sensors, stretchable sensors do not suffer from drift or occlusion. </p><p>They can also be used in <a href="/facts/Robotics/wkmvodJz">robotics</a>, particularly in <a href="/facts/Soft_robots/Qew4r0GM">soft robots</a>. </p><p>Stretch sensors are now widely used in medical fields for analysis and measuring the human dielectric properties w.r.t skin.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:8" href="#fn:8"><sup>8</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Flexible_electronics/zTSdgzXw">Flexible electronics</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Force_gauge/yLotN5zR">Force gauge</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Thermistor/8c4xrRgq">Thermistor</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Stretchable_electronics/ffrWw3G4">Stretchable electronics</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Stretch_receptor/BVb0bxj1">Stretch receptor</a></li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>"Conductive Rubber Cord Stretch Sensor + extras!". Adafruit Industries. Retrieved 2019-06-07. <a href="https://www.adafruit.com/product/519" target="_blank">https://www.adafruit.com/product/519</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>"Master The Fundamentals Of Stretch-Sensor Sensitivity". Sensors Magazine. 11 November 2016. Retrieved 2019-06-07. <a href="https://www.sensorsmag.com/components/master-fundamentals-stretch-sensor-sensitivity" target="_blank">https://www.sensorsmag.com/components/master-fundamentals-stretch-sensor-sensitivity</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>StretchSense. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help) <a href="https://softroboticstoolkit.com/stretchsense" target="_blank">https://softroboticstoolkit.com/stretchsense</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>Dagdeviren, Canan; Joe, Pauline; Tuzman, Ozlem L.; Park, Kwi-Il; Lee, Keon Jae; Shi, Yan; Huang, Yonggang; Rogers, John A. (2016). "Recent progress in flexible and stretchable piezoelectric devices for mechanical energy harvesting, sensing and actuation". Extreme Mechanics Letters. 9 (1): 269–281. doi:10.1016/j.eml.2016.05.015. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1016%2Fj.eml.2016.05.015" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.1016%2Fj.eml.2016.05.015</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>"Disposable Skin Stretch Sensor". TU Delft. Retrieved 2019-06-07. <a href="https://www.tudelft.nl/en/ide/research/research-labs/emerging-materials-lab/smart-textiles/disposable-skin-stretch-sensor/" target="_blank">https://www.tudelft.nl/en/ide/research/research-labs/emerging-materials-lab/smart-textiles/disposable-skin-stretch-sensor/</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:6"><p>Huang B, Li M, Mei T, McCoul D, Qin S, Zhao Z, Zhao J (November 2017). "Wearable Stretch Sensors for Motion Measurement of the Wrist Joint Based on Dielectric Elastomers". Sensors. 17 (12): 2708. Bibcode:2017Senso..17.2708H. doi:10.3390/s17122708. PMC 5751736. PMID 29168775. <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5751736" target="_blank">https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5751736</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:7"><p>"StretchSense". <a href="https://stretchsense.com/" target="_blank">https://stretchsense.com/</a> <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:8"><p>Rangaiah, Pramod K. B.; Mandal, Bappaditya; Avetisyan, Erik; Chezhian, Arvind Selvan; Augustine, Bobins; Perez, Mauricio David; Augustine, Robin (2022). "Preliminary Analysis of Burn Degree Using Non-invasive Microwave Spiral Resonator Sensor for Clinical Applications". Frontiers in Medical Technology. 4: 859498. doi:10.3389/fmedt.2022.859498. ISSN 2673-3129. PMC 9037089. PMID 35479303. <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9037089" target="_blank">https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9037089</a> <a href="#fnref:8" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>