Recent progress in advanced tactile sensing technologies for soft grippers

J Qu, B Mao, Z Li, Y Xu, K Zhou, X Cao… - Advanced Functional …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Tactile sensing technology is crucial for soft grippers. Soft grippers equipped with intelligent
tactile sensing systems based on various sensors can interact safely with the unstructured …

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 …

Skin‐inspired piezoelectric tactile sensor array with crosstalk‐free row+ column electrodes for spatiotemporally distinguishing diverse stimuli

W Lin, B Wang, G Peng, Y Shan, H Hu… - Advanced …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Real‐time detection and differentiation of diverse external stimuli with one tactile senor
remains a huge challenge and largely restricts the development of electronic skins. Although …

A review of tactile information: Perception and action through touch

Q Li, O Kroemer, Z Su, FF Veiga… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Tactile sensing is a key sensor modality for robots interacting with their surroundings. These
sensors provide a rich and diverse set of data signals that contain detailed information …

A soft magnetoelectric finger for robots' multidirectional tactile perception in non-visual recognition environments

Y Xu, S Zhang, S Li, Z Wu, Y Li, Z Li, X Chen… - npj Flexible …, 2024 - nature.com
Robotic fingers with multidirectional tactile perception are of great importance for the robotic
exploration of complex unknown space, especially in environments in which visualization is …

A review on PVDF nanofibers in textiles for flexible piezoelectric sensors

X Wan, H Cong, G Jiang, X Liang, L Liu… - ACS Applied Nano …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Textiles are turning into a suitable next-generation sensing platform because of their good
breathability, softness, and structural elasticity. Besides, research on self-powered …

A review of smart materials for the boost of soft actuators, soft sensors, and robotics applications

Y Hao, S Zhang, B Fang, F Sun, H Liu, H Li - Chinese Journal of …, 2022 - Springer
With the advance of smart material science, robotics is evolving from rigid robots to soft
robots. Compared to rigid robots, soft robots can safely interact with the environment, easily …

Recent progress in tactile sensing and sensors for robotic manipulation: can we turn tactile sensing into vision?

A Yamaguchi, CG Atkeson - Advanced Robotics, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
This paper surveys recently published literature on tactile sensing in robotic manipulation to
understand effective strategies for using tactile sensing and the issues involved in tactile …

[HTML][HTML] Engineered gelatin-based conductive hydrogels for flexible wearable electronic devices: Fundamentals and recent advances

X Wang, Z Bai, M Zheng, O Yue, M Hou, B Cui… - Journal of Science …, 2022 - Elsevier
With the fast and ever-growing development of multifunctional wearable intelligent electronic
devices (WEDs), the ideal building block materials for the fabrication of WEDs should be …

A new silicone structure for uSkin—A soft, distributed, digital 3-axis skin sensor and its integration on the humanoid robot iCub

TP Tomo, M Regoli, A Schmitz, L Natale… - IEEE Robotics and …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Tactile sensing is one important element that can enable robots to interact with an
unstructured world. By having tactile perception, a robot can explore its environment by …