Sensorized Skin With Biomimetic Tactility Features Based on Artificial Cross‐Talk of Bimodal Resistive Sensory Inputs

A Georgopoulou, D Hardman, TG Thuruthel… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Tactility in biological organisms is a faculty that relies on a variety of specialized receptors.
The bimodal sensorized skin, featured in this study, combines soft resistive composites that …

Variable sensitivity multimaterial robotic e-skin combining electronic and ionic conductivity using electrical impedance tomography

A Costa Cornellà, D Hardman, L Costi, J Brancart… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
Electronic skins (e-skins) aim to replicate the capabilities of human skin by integrating
electronic components and advanced materials into a flexible, thin, and stretchable …

[HTML][HTML] Tactile perception in hydrogel-based robotic skins using data-driven electrical impedance tomography

D Hardman, TG Thuruthel, F Iida - Materials Today Electronics, 2023 - Elsevier
Combining functional soft materials with electrical impedance tomography is a promising
method for developing continuum sensorized soft robotic skins with high resolutions …

3d printable soft sensory fiber networks for robust and complex tactile sensing

D Hardman, T George Thuruthel, A Georgopoulou… - Micromachines, 2022 - mdpi.com
The human tactile system is composed of multi-functional mechanoreceptors distributed in
an optimized manner. Having the ability to design and optimize multi-modal soft sensory …

Diels–Alder Network Blends as Self-Healing Encapsulants for Liquid Metal-Based Stretchable Electronics

F Sahraeeazartamar, S Terryn… - … Applied Materials & …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Two dynamic covalent networks based on the Diels–Alder reaction were blended to exploit
the properties of the dissimilar polymer backbones. Furan-functionalized polyether amines …

Effect of Secondary Particles on Self-Healing and Electromechanical Properties of Polymer Composites Based on Carbon Black and a Diels–Alder Network

F Sahraeeazartamar, S Terryn, E Roels… - ACS Applied Polymer …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The addition of an organomodified nanoclay to a carbon-based electrically conductive self-
healing composite showed a synergistic improvement of the electrical conductivity and self …

Design of flexible tactile electronic skin array based on magnetic thin films and its position sensing applications

H Zhang, L Weng, G Lin, Z Li, K Meng… - IEEE Sensors …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
To enable robots to perform precise operations, it is essential to equip them with extensive
electronic skin to enhance their perceptual capabilities for sensing external information …

Development and application of magnetic tentacles array for sensing tiny forces

H Zhang, L Weng, G Lin, Z Li, S Jiang, K Meng… - Measurement, 2024 - Elsevier
Modeled after rodent whiskers, we fabricated magnetic tentacles sensing array that can
sense tiny force. The magnetic tentacles sensing array consists of three parts: magnetic …

Multi-touch Recognition of Hydrogel-based E-skins using Real-world EIT Datasets

L Nicholls, D Hardman, F Iida - 2024 IEEE 7th International …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We present a soft gelatin-based hydrogel e-skin capable of detecting up to six simultaneous
tactile stimuli, using electrical impedance tomography (EIT) measurements and …

Autonomous Testing of the Repeatable Healability of Pneumatic Self-Healing Soft Actuators

J Legrand, A Abdulali, D Hardman, S Terryn… - Robotics …, 2023 - liebertpub.com
The maximum number of damage and healing cycles that can be endured by a self-healing
(SH) actuator, that is, its repeatable healability, has never been assessed. One reason for …