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A Multiple Contact Flexible Strain Mapping Sensor for Tactile Sensing [PDF]

Natnael Abule Takele, Olyad Dereje Emiru, Nidal Rifki, Mahmoud Meribout, Jing Zhong, Varun Tiwari, Mohamed Elkhalil   +6 more
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A Low-Cost, Easy-to-Manufacture, Flexible, Multi-Taxel Tactile Sensor and its Application to In-Hand Object Recognition [PDF]

, 2021
Tessa J. Pannen, Steffen Puhlmann, Oliver Brock   +2 more
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Multi‐Material Additive Manufacturing of Soft Robotic Systems: A Comprehensive Review

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
This review explores the transformative role of multi‐material additive manufacturing (MMAM) in the development of soft robotic systems. It presents current techniques, materials, and design strategies that enable functionally graded and adaptive structures.
Ritik Raj, Quan‐Chen Song, Jia‐Yang Juang   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Simple Manufactured Hardness Sensor Based on Multi‐Layer Liquid Metal Sensing for Surgical Robotics

Advanced Electronic Materials
Tactile information, serving as the most intricate form of data humans gather from the external environment, has long been a significant area of focus for wearable flexible sensors.
Tao Yue, Yuyin Zhang, Yuanjie Gan, Chengzhi Hu, Yue Wang   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Waterproof and Flexible Aquatic Tactile Sensor with Interlocked Ripple Structures for Broad Range Force Sensing (Adv. Mater. Technol. 2/2024) [PDF]

Zhongtan Zhang, Feihe Xiang, Deqing Mei, Yancheng Wang   +3 more
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Flexible Tactile Sensors Based on 3D Printed Moulds [PDF]

, 2023
Aniket Chakraborthy, Suresh Nuthalapati, Rico Escher, Anindya Nag, Memet Ercan Altinsoy   +4 more
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In Situ Photopolymerization of Smectic B Liquid‐Crystalline Electrolytes from Mesogenic Phosphate–Diacrylate/Ionic Liquid Complexes for High‐Performance Soft Ionic Actuators

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
A flexible liquid‐crystalline electrolyte membrane via in situ photopolymerization of a phosphate‐functionalized mesogen, ionic liquid, and diacrylate monomer is developed. The resulting smectic B (SmB)‐phase structure enables 2D ion transport with high conductivity (10−4 S cm−1).
Chengyang Liu, Masafumi Yoshio
wiley   +1 more source

A Review on Sensor Technologies, Control Approaches, and Emerging Challenges in Soft Robotics

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
This review provides an introspective of sensors and controllers in soft robotics. Initially describing the current sensing methods, then moving on to the control methods utilized, and finally ending with challenges and future directions in soft robotics focusing on the material innovations, sensor fusion, and embedded intelligence for sensors and ...
Ean Lovett, Maxwell Hammond, Niloufar Seyfi, Amirreza Fahim Golestaneh, Venanzio Cichella, Caterina Lamuta   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

UTact: Underwater Vision‐Based Tactile Sensor with Geometry Reconstruction and Contact Force Estimation

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
Embedded flexible sensing technologies advance underwater soft robotics, yet most systems still suffer from hysteresis and limited perceptiveness. Instead, vision‐based tactile sensors provide reliable and rapid feedback essential for complex underwater tasks.
Qiyi Zhang, Zonghao Zuo, Haoxuan Wang, Bin Liu, Yilidusi Yilihamu, Li Wen   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Soft Actuators Integrated with Control and Power Units: Approaching Wireless Autonomous Soft Robots

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
Soft robots exhibit significant development potential in various applications. However, there are still key technical challenges regarding material improvement, structure design and components integration. This review focuses on the development and challenge of soft actuators, power components, and control components in untethered intelligent soft ...
Renwu Shi, Feifei Pan, Xiaobin Ji
wiley   +1 more source