Flexible 3D Architectured Piezo/Thermoelectric Bimodal Tactile Sensor Array for E‐Skin Application

Zhu, Pengcheng; Wang, Yao; Mao, Hongye; Zhang, Qiang; Deng, Yuan

doi:10.1002/aenm.202001945

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“…Over the past decade, we have witnessed the development of hybrid energy cells for multimode energy harvesting including but not limited to piezoelectric and photovoltaic ( Xu and Wang, 2011 ), piezoelectric and thermoelectric/pyroelectric ( Oh et al., 2019 ; Song et al., 2019a ; You et al., 2018 ; Zhu et al., 2019b , 2020f ), piezoelectric and biochemical ( Hansen et al., 2010 ; Pan et al., 2011 ), triboelectric and photovoltaic ( Guo et al., 2019 ; Jung et al., 2020 ; Liu et al., 2018d ; Song et al., 2019b ), triboelectric and thermoelectric/pyroelectric ( Seo et al., 2019 ; Shin et al., 2020 ; Wang et al., 2020e ; Wu et al., 2018 ), triboelectric and biochemical ( Li et al., 2020 ), and three mechanisms among them ( Jella et al., 2018 ; Ji et al., 2019 ; Wang et al., 2016b ; 2016c ). Targeting for wearable applications, the material choices and structure designs of the hybrid EH would be more challenging considering the high performance and good flexibility.…”

Section: Hybridized Ehs For Multi-sourcesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Flourishing energy harvesters for future body sensor network: from single to multiple energy sources

Guo

Lee

2021

iScience

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Summary Body sensor network (bodyNET) offers possibilities for future disease diagnosis, preventive health care, rehabilitation, and treatment. However, the eventual realization demands reliable and sustainable power sources. The flourishing energy harvesters (EHs) have provided prominent techniques for practically addressing the concurrent energy issue. Targeting for a specific energy source, wearable EHs with a sole conversion mechanism are well investigated. Hybrid EHs integrating different effects for a single source or multi-sources are attaining growing attention, for they provide another degree of freedom concerning a higher-level energy utility. Merging EHs with other functional electronics, diversified functional self-sustainable systems are developed, paving the way for the accomplishment of bodyNET. This review introduces the evolution of wearable EHs from a single effect to hybridized mechanisms for multiple energy sources and wearable to implantable self-sustainable systems. Last, we provide our perspectives on the future development of hybrid EHs to be more competitive with conventional batteries.

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Section: Hybridized Ehs For Multi-sourcesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Flourishing energy harvesters for future body sensor network: from single to multiple energy sources

Guo

Lee

2021

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“…This includes elastically deformable robot skins that merge tactile sensing with sensing for proprioception, physiological monitoring, and vision. While there has already been promising work in this domain [35,53,[104][105][106], there remain rich opportunities for further progress.…”

Section: Trends and Future Outlookmentioning

confidence: 99%

Soft Tactile Sensing Skins for Robotics

2021

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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 properties of natural human skin. In this progress report, we review recent progress in creating soft tactile pressure sensing skins to give robots a sense of touch that resembles human skin sensing.Recent Findings For soft tactile pressure sensing skins, researchers have focused on five main sensing principles: (1) resistive; (2) capacitive; (3) magnetic; (4) barometric; and (5) optical. The combination of these traditional sensing techniques, along with the use of soft materials such as liquid metal and magnetic elastomers, has improved the perception capabilities and mechanical characteristics of artificial skin. In addition, the implementation of artificial intelligence and machine learning algorithms for data processing give robotic systems with these soft sensing skins an enhanced sense of touch.Summary E-skins for tactile sensing have a central role in a range of robotic applications, from haptics and teleoperation to bio-inspired soft robots. For many of these applications, E-skins must be soft, thin, flexible, stretchable, and lightweight so that they can be mounted on a robot, incorporated into clothing, or placed on human skin without interfering with mobility or contact mechanics. Significant research has been conducted on sensing techniques that can allow a robot to achieve a sense of human touch, with important progress being made in force feedback sensing, texture recognition, and spatial acuity. We begin by covering principles of tactile sensing in humans, robotics, and human-machine interaction. This is followed by an overview of soft material transducers capable of pressure and force sensing. This includes resistive, capacitive, magnetic, barometric, and optical sensing techniques. We close with a summary of emerging trends in sensor design and implementations for applications in robotics.

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“…Flexible tactile sensors are playing an essential role in intelligent robotics [1,2], smart prosthetics [3], human-machine interface [4,5], and Internet of Things (IoTs) [6]. Inspired by human skin, several types of wearable and implantable electronic devices have been widely used in health monitoring [7], such as the detection of electrocardiogram (ECG) signals [8], pulse vibration [9], and body temperature [10].…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

3D Printing of Liquid Metal Based Tactile Sensor for Simultaneously Sensing of Temperature and Forces

Wang

Jin

et al. 2021

International Journal of Smart and Nano Materials

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Tactile sensors have been used for haptic perception in intelligent robotics, smart prosthetics, and human-machine interface. The development of multifunctional tactile sensor remains a challenge and limit its application in flexible electronics and devices. We propose a liquid metal based tactile sensor for both temperature and force sensing which is made by 3D printing. The structural design and working principle of liquid metal based tactile sensor are firstly described. A digital light processing-based printing process is developed to print two kinds of photosensitive resins with different hardness, and used to fabricate the tactile sensor. A Wheatstone bridge circuit is designed for decoupling the temperature and forces from the measured output voltages. Characterization tests show that the tactile sensor has relatively high force sensing sensitivity of 0.29 N -1 , and temperature sensing sensitivities are 0.55% °C −1 at 20 ~ 50 °C and 0.21% °C −1 at 50 ~ 80 °C, respectively. Then, the fabricated tactile sensor is mounted onto hand finger to measure the contact force and temperature during grasping. Results show that the 3D printed tactile sensor has excellent flexibility and durability and can accurately measure the temperature and contact forces, which demonstrate its potential in robotic manipulation applications.

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Flexible 3D Architectured Piezo/Thermoelectric Bimodal Tactile Sensor Array for E‐Skin Application

Cited by 134 publications

References 55 publications

Flourishing energy harvesters for future body sensor network: from single to multiple energy sources

Flourishing energy harvesters for future body sensor network: from single to multiple energy sources

Soft Tactile Sensing Skins for Robotics

3D Printing of Liquid Metal Based Tactile Sensor for Simultaneously Sensing of Temperature and Forces

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