Soft robotics
Aug 26, 2022
Electronic skin for robotic tactile sensing has been studied extensively over the past years, yet practical applications of electronic skin for the grasping state monitoring during robotic manipulation are still limited. In this study, we present the...
Nature communications
Aug 26, 2022
In this paper, we propose a multimodal flexible sensory interface for interactively teaching soft robots to perform skilled locomotion using bare human hands. First, we develop a flexible bimodal smart skin (FBSS) based on triboelectric nanogenerator...
Nano letters
Aug 24, 2022
Developing multifunctional artificial sensory systems is an important task for constructing future artificial neural networks. A system with multisignal output capability is highly required by the rising demand for high-throughput data processing in ...
Trends in biotechnology
Aug 10, 2022
Robotics offers an unprecedented means to support people's daily lives. However, human-robot interactions remain challenging because of the appearance of robots. Kawai et al. propose to overcome this by growing biological skin equivalents on robots. ...
Scientific reports
Jul 22, 2022
Realtime visual feedback from consequences of actions is useful for future safety-critical human-robot interaction applications such as remote physical examination of patients. Given multiple formats to present visual feedback, using face as feedback...
Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.)
Jul 21, 2022
Ultrafast artificial skin enables unprecedented tactile internet applications in prosthetics, robotics, and human-machine interactions. However, current artificial skin systems that rely on front-end interface electronics typically perform redundant ...
Biosensors
Jul 10, 2022
Flourishing in recent years, intelligent electronics is desirably pursued in many fields including bio-symbiotic, human physiology regulatory, robot operation, and human-computer interaction. To support this appealing vision, human-like tactile perce...
Sensors (Basel, Switzerland)
Jul 5, 2022
Soft sensing technologies offer promising prospects in the fields of soft robots, wearable devices, and biomedical instruments. However, the structural design, fabrication process, and sensing algorithm design of the soft devices confront great diffi...
Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany)
Jun 9, 2022
Tactile perception enabled by somatosensory system in human is essential for dexterous tool usage, communication, and interaction. Imparting tactile recognition functions to advanced robots and interactive systems can potentially improve their cognit...
Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.)
Jun 8, 2022
Robotic perception can have simple and effective sensing functions that are unreachable for humans using only the isolated tactile perception method, with the assistance of a triboelectric nanogenerator (TENG). However, the reliability of triboelectr...