Lima, MiguelMachado, J. A. Tenreiro2014-03-122014-03-122013978-94-007-4721-0978-94-007-4722-72213-8986http://hdl.handle.net/10400.22/4185This chapter analyzes the signals captured during impacts and vibrations of a mechanical manipulator. Eighteen signals are captured and several metrics are calculated between them, such as the correlation, the mutual information and the entropy. A sensor classification scheme based on the multidimensional scaling technique is presented.engbook part