Flexible three-axial force sensor for soft and highly sensitive artificial touch.

Viry, Lucie; Levi, Alessandro; Totaro, Massimo; Mondini, Alessio; Mattoli, Virgilio; Mazzolai, Barbara; Beccai, Lucia · Adv Mater · 2014

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

A soft tactile sensor able to detect both normal and tangential forces is fabricated with a simple method using conductive textile. Owing to the multi-layered architecture, the capacitive-based tactile sensor is highly sensitive (less than 10 mg and 8 μm, for minimal detectable weight and displacement, respectively) within a wide normal force range (potentially up to 27 N (400 kPa)) and natural touch-like tangential force ranges (from about 0.5 N to 1.8 N). Being flexible, soft, and low cost, this sensor represents an original approach in the emulation of natural touch.

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