Neuro-inspired electronic skin for robots

F Liu, S Deswal, A Christou, Y Sandamirskaya… - Science robotics, 2022 - science.org
Touch is a complex sensing modality owing to large number of receptors (mechano, thermal,
pain) nonuniformly embedded in the soft skin all over the body. These receptors can gather …

Artificial neuron devices

K He, C Wang, Y He, J Su, X Chen - Chemical Reviews, 2023 - ACS Publications
Efforts to design devices emulating complex cognitive abilities and response processes of
biological systems have long been a coveted goal. Recent advancements in flexible …

Spatial transcriptomics of dorsal root ganglia identifies molecular signatures of human nociceptors

D Tavares-Ferreira, S Shiers, PR Ray… - Science translational …, 2022 - science.org
Nociceptors are specialized sensory neurons that detect damaging or potentially damaging
stimuli and are found in the dorsal root ganglia (DRG) and trigeminal ganglia. These …

Advances in biodegradable electronic skin: Material progress and recent applications in sensing, robotics, and human–machine interfaces

M Zarei, G Lee, SG Lee, K Cho - Advanced Materials, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The rapid growth of the electronics industry and proliferation of electronic materials and
telecommunications technologies has led to the release of a massive amount of untreated …

Recent progress in essential functions of soft electronic skin

J Chen, Y Zhu, X Chang, D Pan, G Song… - Advanced Functional …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Inspired by the human skin, electronic skins (e‐skins) composed of various flexible sensors,
such as strain sensor, pressure sensor, shear force sensor, temperature sensor, and humility …

Nanogenerators for smart cities in the era of 5G and Internet of Things

X Zhao, H Askari, J Chen - Joule, 2021 - cell.com
Summary 5G has taken off at a brisk speed over the years, bringing significant benefits to the
Internet of Things (IoT) devices and wireless sensor nodes. The launching of 5G technology …

Soft magnetic skin for super-resolution tactile sensing with force self-decoupling

Y Yan, Z Hu, Z Yang, W Yuan, C Song, J Pan… - Science Robotics, 2021 - science.org
Human skin can sense subtle changes of both normal and shear forces (ie, self-decoupled)
and perceive stimuli with finer resolution than the average spacing between …

Cellulose‐based flexible functional materials for emerging intelligent electronics

D Zhao, Y Zhu, W Cheng, W Chen, Y Wu… - Advanced …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
There is currently enormous and growing demand for flexible electronics for personalized
mobile equipment, human–machine interface units, wearable medical‐healthcare systems …

Stretchable distributed fiber-optic sensors

H Bai, S Li, J Barreiros, Y Tu, CR Pollock, RF Shepherd - Science, 2020 - science.org
Silica-based distributed fiber-optic sensor (DFOS) systems have been a powerful tool for
sensing strain, pressure, vibration, acceleration, temperature, and humidity in inextensible …

Electronic skin: recent progress and future prospects for skin‐attachable devices for health monitoring, robotics, and prosthetics

JC Yang, J Mun, SY Kwon, S Park, Z Bao… - Advanced …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Recent progress in electronic skin or e‐skin research is broadly reviewed, focusing on
technologies needed in three main applications: skin‐attachable electronics, robotics, and …