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A key element of any mechatronics system is in its interaction with the environment within which it operates, and as such sensors and the processing of sensor data play a major role in the operation of such systems. Indeed, in many mechatronics applications from manufacturing to assistive technologies, and increasingly within EcoMechatronics, the role of the embedded sensors is key not only to the operation of an individual device, but also as a source of information impacting upon the wider environment within which that device is operating. In this chapter, the nature of sensing and sensor technology is considered in relation to mechatronic, and particularly EcoMechatronic, applications along with the means by which the resulting data may be analysed and interpreted, illustrated by examples drawn from wearable robotic technologies in particular.

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The authors would like to thank the postdoctoral and PhD researchers who were involved in the case studies referred to in this chapter. They have been referenced in the references.

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  1. University of Leeds, Leeds, UK

    Abbas Dehghani-Sanij

  2. University of Bath, Bath, UK

    Uriel Martinez-Hernandez

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  2. Department of Mechanical Engineering, The American University in Cairo, New Cairo, Egypt

    Maki Habib

  3. Abertay University, Dundee, UK

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Dehghani-Sanij, A., Martinez-Hernandez, U. (2022). Applied Sensor Technologies. In: Hehenberger, P., Habib, M., Bradley, D. (eds) EcoMechatronics. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-07555-1_6

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