A load cell measures forces, and this is actually a piezoelectronic load cell that has a little crystal in it.

And so I wired up what's called a load cell.

And so I wired up what's called a load cell.

And what do you know? They immediately overloaded the load cell.

The first peak, obviously, is the limb hitting the load cell.

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Trilinear sensor

There's that raptorial appendage there's the heel, and it's going to swing around and hit the load cell.

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And so this is just a regular video of the animal just smashing the heck out of this load cell.

Sensor exceeded critical limit

Color sequential area sensor

Color sequential linear sensor

Under a different load, it's a different structure. And you can actually exploit that by putting in a very small number of conducting fibers to actually make it a sensor.

This is an empty space in a worksheet. Drag a sensor from the Sensor Browser and drop it here. A sensor display will appear that allows you to monitor the values of the sensor over time.

I purchased a 100 pound load cell, thinking, no animal could produce more than 100 pounds at this size of an animal.

One chip color area sensor

Two chip color area sensor

Three chip color area sensor

This is actually sensor firings.

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