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Integrable elastic fiber-optic tactile sensors for fingertip stress perception

Frontiers in Physics
Tactile sensors with high softness and multiplexing are highly desirable for applications in humanoid robotics and smart prosthetics. Current tactile sensors face bottlenecks in multi-channel dynamic sensing based on miniaturized and economical signal ...
Xinyue Weng
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A Large Area Tactile Sensor Patch Based on Commercial Force Sensors

Sensors, 2011
This paper reports the design of a tactile sensor patch to cover large areas of robots and machines that interact with human beings. Many devices have been proposed to meet such a demand. These realizations are mostly custom-built or developed in the lab.
Alfonso García-Cerezo, Javier Serón, Rafael Navas-González, Jose Antonio Sánchez, Julián Castellanos-Ramos, Maria Jose Barquero, Fernando Vidal-Verdú   +6 more
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Cross‐Scale Hierarchical Targeted Delivery System Based on Small‐Scale Magnetic Robots

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
This article reviews a cross‐scale hierarchical targeted delivery system that integrates magnetic continuum robots and magnetic microrobots. By combining rapid long‐range navigation with precise microscale targeting, the system overcomes key limitations of single‐scale approaches.
Junjian Zhou, Zhiqiang Chen, Yuanbiao Ma, Zhiqiang Tang, Qianqian Wang   +4 more
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Tactile sensor array using prismatic-tip optical fibers for dexterous robotic hands [PDF]

, 2010
This paper presents a novel approach of performing artificial tactile sensing based on the deployment of prismatic-tip optical fibers. The primary principle of the sensing schemes relies on light intensity modulation for detecting the deformation of an ...
Pinyo Puangmali, Lakmal D Seneviratne, Puangmali, Pinyo, Ataollahi, Asghar, Althoefer, Kaspar, Polygerinos, Panagiotis, Seneviratne, Lakmal D., Asghar Ataollahi, Panagiotis Polygerinos, Kaspar Althoefer   +9 more
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Design and Modeling of a High‐Displacement, Skin‐Integrated Flexible Electromagnetic Actuator for Haptic Interfaces in Virtual Reality

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
A flexible, skin‐integrated electromagnetic actuator is developed for wearable virtual/augmented reality (VR/AR) haptic systems. A tunable design model enables control over displacement and resonance frequency. The system is validated through a custom VR application with a 6 × 4 actuator array, demonstrating real‐time, spatially targeted tactile ...
Naji Tarabay, Alexandra Zhang Jiang, Ziteng Liu, Rachel Villamor, Derek Cha, Ananya Renuka Balakrishna, Tianshu Liu, Priyanshu Agarwal, Rainer Dömer, Camilo Velez   +9 more
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Fine Texture Detection Based on a Solid-Liquid Composite Flexible Tactile Sensor Array. [PDF]

Micromachines (Basel), 2022
Liu W, Zhang G, Zhan B, Hu L, Liu T.
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Intelligent Maintenance Review for Robots: Multimodal Information, Deep Diagnosis and Embodied Artificial Intelligence

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
This review maps the methods to monitor robots’ health by fusing vibration, sound, control signals, vision, force, and oil information with artificial intelligence. It identifies deep learning, transfer learning, digital twins, and physics‐informed models as key methodological pathways enabling earlier diagnosis, safer human–robot collaboration, and ...
Yuting Qiao, Hongbo Wang, Naipeng Li, Shuo Wang, Yaguo Lei, Tonghai Wu, Junyi Cao   +6 more
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Research on FBG Tactile Sensing Shape Recognition Based on Convolutional Neural Network

Sensors
Shape recognition plays a significant role in the field of robot perception. In view of the low efficiency and few types of shape recognition of the fiber tactile sensor applied to flexible skin, a convolutional-neural-network-based FBG tactile sensing ...
Guan Lu, Zhihui Shen, Ting Cai, Yiming Xu   +3 more
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Fingertip Fiber Optical Tactile Array with Two-Level Spring Structure

Sensors, 2017
Tactile perception is a feature benefiting reliable grasping and manipulation. This paper presents the design of an integrated fingertip force sensor employing an optical fiber based approach where applied forces modulate light intensity.
Jelizaveta Konstantinova, Agostino Stilli, Kaspar Althoefer   +2 more
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Functional Fibers in Soft Robotics: Advances in Material, Structural, and Systemic Tactics

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
Fiber‐form robotic systems offer a scalable pathway toward embodied intelligence in soft robotics. This review surveys functional fibers as material, structural, and systemic elements, highlighting advances in responsive materials, architectural programing, and fabrication strategies.
Joonhee Won, Jaehyun Jang, Hyeonseo Kim, Inyoung Choi, Steve Park, Seongjun Park   +5 more
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