Toward perceptive soft robots: Progress and challenges

H Wang, M Totaro, L Beccai - Advanced Science, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
In the past few years, soft robotics has rapidly become an emerging research topic, opening
new possibilities for addressing real‐world tasks. Perception can enable robots to effectively …

Soft tactile sensing skins for robotics

P Roberts, M Zadan, C Majidi - Current Robotics Reports, 2021 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review Soft electronic skins (E-skins) capable of tactile pressure
sensing have the potential to endow robotic systems with many of the same somatosensory …

High Anti‐Jamming Flexible Capacitive Pressure Sensors Based on Core–Shell Structured AgNWs@TiO2

R Han, Y Liu, Y Mo, H Xu, Z Yang… - Advanced Functional …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Flexible capacitive pressure sensors play an important role in electronic skin and human–
machine interaction due to their high sensitivity and convenient preparation, comparing with …

Deep-learning-assisted low-cost flexible cotton yarn-based triboelectric nanogenerator for ultra-sensitive human-computer merging interfaces

R Mao, D Zhang, Z Wang, H Zhang, D Wang, M Tang… - Nano Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
Currently, deep-learning-assisted triboelectric nanogenerators (TENGs) have shown great
potential for human-computer interaction. The Ecoflex-based polyvinyl-alcohol layer …

[HTML][HTML] Approaches to deformable physical sensors: Electronic versus iontronic

TY Kim, W Suh, U Jeong - Materials Science and Engineering: R: Reports, 2021 - Elsevier
For the past two decades, the researches on stretchable physical sensors have made great
technological advances, and have been applied to various applications such as electronic …

Design and characterization of tri-axis soft inductive tactile sensors

H Wang, D Jones, G de Boer, J Kow… - IEEE Sensors …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Tactile sensors are essential for robotic systems to safely and effectively interact with the
environment and humans. In particular, tri-axis tactile sensors are crucial for dexterous …

Tactile and vision perception for intelligent humanoids

S Gao, Y Dai, A Nathan - Advanced Intelligent Systems, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Touch and vision perception are two important functions humans use to interact with the real
world. To mimic human‐like abilities, tactile‐and visual‐sensing‐based intelligent …

Folding and bending planar coils for highly precise soft angle sensing

H Wang, M Totaro, S Veerapandian… - Advanced Materials …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Sensors detecting angles created by deformable structures play an increasing role in soft
robotics and wearable systems. However, the typical sensing method based on strain …

An inductive force sensor for in-shoe plantar normal and shear load measurement

L Wang, D Jones, GJ Chapman, HJ Siddle… - IEEE Sensors …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Diabetic foot ulcers (DFUs) are a severe global public health issue. Plantar normal and
shear load are believed to play an important role in the development of foot ulcers and could …

A robust data-driven soft sensory glove for human hand motions identification and replication

J Nassour, HG Amirabadi, S Weheabby… - IEEE Sensors …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Biomechanical sensors are essential components for wearable robots because of their
broad spectrum of industrial and medical applications. A wide range of these sensors uses …