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Robot. AI"],"abstract":"<jats:p>Tactile information acquired through palpation plays a crucial role in relation to surface characterisation and tissue differentiation - an essential clinical requirement during surgery. In the case of Minimally Invasive Surgery, access is restricted, and tactile feedback available to surgeons is therefore reduced. This paper presents a novel stiffness controllable, dynamic force range sensor that can provide remote haptic feedback. The sensor has an abraded optical fibre integrated into a silicone dome. Forces applied to the dome change the curvature of the optical fibres, resulting in light attenuation. By changing the pressure within the dome and thereby adjusting the sensor\u2019s stiffness, we are able to modify the force measurement range. Results from our experimental study demonstrate that increasing the pressure inside the dome increases the force range whilst decreasing force sensitivity. We show that the maximum force measured by our sensor prototype at 20 mm\/min was 5.02 N, 6.70 N and 8.83 N for the applied pressures of 0 psi (0 kPa), 0.5 psi (3.45 kPa) and 1 psi (6.9 kPa), respectively. The sensor has also been tested to estimate the stiffness of 13 phantoms of different elastic moduli. 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