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Atorquesensor with a broaddynamicrange employing amorphous ribbons in contact witha sensor head is described. A uniaxialanisotropy was inducedin theFeCoSiBamorphous ribbonsbymagneticfield annealing. Ribbonswithvarious Kuo/Asused.As expected, a largerKuo/Asresultedin a broaderdynamic range, but with loweredsensitivity. In stationary torquedetection experiments, a sensitivity about 10 times thatpossibleusing straingauges was achievedat a