Frequency-selective acoustic and haptic smart skin for dual-mode dynamic/static human-machine interface.

Park, Jonghwa; Kang, Dong-Hee; Chae, Heeyoung; Ghosh, Sujoy Kumar; Jeong, Changyoon; Park, Yoojeong; Cho, Seungse; Lee, Youngoh et al. · Sci Adv · 2022

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

Accurate transmission of biosignals without interference of surrounding noises is a key factor for the realization of human-machine interfaces (HMIs). We propose frequency-selective acoustic and haptic sensors for dual-mode HMIs based on triboelectric sensors with hierarchical macrodome/micropore/nanoparticle structure of ferroelectric composites. Our sensor shows a high sensitivity and linearity under a wide range of dynamic pressures and resonance frequency, which enables high acoustic frequency selectivity in a wide frequency range (145 to 9000 Hz), thus rendering noise-independent voice recognition possible. Our frequency-selective multichannel acoustic sensor array combined with an artificial neural network demonstrates over 95% accurate voice recognition for different frequency noises ranging from 100 to 8000 Hz. We demonstrate that our dual-mode sensor with linear response and frequency selectivity over a wide range of dynamic pressures facilitates the differentiation of surface texture and control of an avatar robot using both acoustic and mechanical inputs without interference from surrounding noise.