Structural Electronic Skin for Conformal Tactile Sensing
Abstract The conformal integration of the electronic skin on the non‐developable surface is in great demand for the comprehensive tactile sensing of robotics and prosthetics. However, the current techniques still encounter obstacles in achieving conformal integration of film‐like electronic skin on...
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| author | Sen Li Jiantao Huang Meilan Wang Ka Deng Chenhui Guo Bin Li Yu Cheng Hongyan Sun Hong Ye Tingrui Pan Yu Chang |
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| description | Abstract The conformal integration of the electronic skin on the non‐developable surface is in great demand for the comprehensive tactile sensing of robotics and prosthetics. However, the current techniques still encounter obstacles in achieving conformal integration of film‐like electronic skin on non‐developable surfaces with substantial curvatures for contact pressure detection and tactile mapping. In this paper, by utilizing the 3D printing technology to prepare the 3D electrode array in the structural component following its surface curvature, and covering it with a molded functional shell to form the pressure sensitive iontronic interface, a device is proposed to achieve high‐sensitive pressure detection and high‐fidelity tactile mapping on a complicated non‐developable surface, called structural electronic skin (SES). The SES is prepared in a 3D printed fingertip with 46 tactile sensing units distributed on its curved surface, achieving the integration of both structural and tactile functions in a single component. By integrating the smart fingertip into a dexterous hand, a series of demonstrations are presented to show the dead‐zone free pressure detection and tactile mapping with high sensitivity, for instance, 2D pulse wave monitoring and robotic injection in a medical robot, object recognition and compliant control in a smart prosthesis. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-90772f96f4e4485e9145eddeecdccc9b2023-11-24T08:40:29ZengWileyAdvanced Science2198-38442023-11-011033n/an/a10.1002/advs.202304106Structural Electronic Skin for Conformal Tactile SensingSen Li0Jiantao Huang1Meilan Wang2Ka Deng3Chenhui Guo4Bin Li5Yu Cheng6Hongyan Sun7Hong Ye8Tingrui Pan9Yu Chang10School of Biomedical Engineering University of Science and Technology of China Hefei 230026 ChinaBionic Sensing and Intelligence Center (BSIC) Institute of Biomedical and Health Engineering Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology Chinese Academy of Sciences Shenzhen Guangdong 518055 ChinaBionic Sensing and Intelligence Center (BSIC) Institute of Biomedical and Health Engineering Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology Chinese Academy of Sciences Shenzhen Guangdong 518055 ChinaBionic Sensing and Intelligence Center (BSIC) Institute of Biomedical and Health Engineering Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology Chinese Academy of Sciences Shenzhen Guangdong 518055 ChinaBionic Sensing and Intelligence Center (BSIC) Institute of Biomedical and Health Engineering Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology Chinese Academy of Sciences Shenzhen Guangdong 518055 ChinaBionic Sensing and Intelligence Center (BSIC) Institute of Biomedical and Health Engineering Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology Chinese Academy of Sciences Shenzhen Guangdong 518055 ChinaBionic Sensing and Intelligence Center (BSIC) Institute of Biomedical and Health Engineering Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology Chinese Academy of Sciences Shenzhen Guangdong 518055 ChinaBionic Sensing and Intelligence Center (BSIC) Institute of Biomedical and Health Engineering Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology Chinese Academy of Sciences Shenzhen Guangdong 518055 ChinaTacSense Technology (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd Shenzhen Guangdong 518000 ChinaSchool of Biomedical Engineering University of Science and Technology of China Hefei 230026 ChinaSchool of Biomedical Engineering University of Science and Technology of China Hefei 230026 ChinaAbstract The conformal integration of the electronic skin on the non‐developable surface is in great demand for the comprehensive tactile sensing of robotics and prosthetics. However, the current techniques still encounter obstacles in achieving conformal integration of film‐like electronic skin on non‐developable surfaces with substantial curvatures for contact pressure detection and tactile mapping. In this paper, by utilizing the 3D printing technology to prepare the 3D electrode array in the structural component following its surface curvature, and covering it with a molded functional shell to form the pressure sensitive iontronic interface, a device is proposed to achieve high‐sensitive pressure detection and high‐fidelity tactile mapping on a complicated non‐developable surface, called structural electronic skin (SES). The SES is prepared in a 3D printed fingertip with 46 tactile sensing units distributed on its curved surface, achieving the integration of both structural and tactile functions in a single component. By integrating the smart fingertip into a dexterous hand, a series of demonstrations are presented to show the dead‐zone free pressure detection and tactile mapping with high sensitivity, for instance, 2D pulse wave monitoring and robotic injection in a medical robot, object recognition and compliant control in a smart prosthesis.https://doi.org/10.1002/advs.2023041063D printingconformal tactile sensingelectronic skiniontronic |
| spellingShingle | Sen Li Jiantao Huang Meilan Wang Ka Deng Chenhui Guo Bin Li Yu Cheng Hongyan Sun Hong Ye Tingrui Pan Yu Chang Structural Electronic Skin for Conformal Tactile Sensing Advanced Science 3D printing conformal tactile sensing electronic skin iontronic |
| title | Structural Electronic Skin for Conformal Tactile Sensing |
| title_full | Structural Electronic Skin for Conformal Tactile Sensing |
| title_fullStr | Structural Electronic Skin for Conformal Tactile Sensing |
| title_full_unstemmed | Structural Electronic Skin for Conformal Tactile Sensing |
| title_short | Structural Electronic Skin for Conformal Tactile Sensing |
| title_sort | structural electronic skin for conformal tactile sensing |
| topic | 3D printing conformal tactile sensing electronic skin iontronic |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1002/advs.202304106 |
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