Materials, actuators, and sensors for soft bioinspired robots

M Ilami, H Bagheri, R Ahmed… - Advanced …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Biological systems can perform complex tasks with high compliance levels. This makes them
a great source of inspiration for soft robotics. Indeed, the union of these fields has brought …

Recent advances in flexible and wearable pressure sensors based on piezoresistive 3D monolithic conductive sponges

Y Ding, T Xu, O Onyilagha, H Fong… - ACS applied materials & …, 2019 - ACS Publications
High-performance flexible strain and pressure sensors are important components of the
systems for human motion detection, human–machine interaction, soft robotics, electronic …

[HTML][HTML] Recent progress in flexible and stretchable piezoresistive sensors and their applications

J Li, L Fang, B Sun, X Li, SH Kang - Journal of the …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
The recent advances in wearable electronics and intelligent human-machine interface
systems have garnered great interests in electromechanical sensors, which can measure …

[HTML][HTML] MEMS-based tactile sensors: Materials, processes and applications in robotics

IS Bayer - Micromachines, 2022 - mdpi.com
Commonly encountered problems in the manipulation of objects with robotic hands are the
contact force control and the setting of approaching motion. Microelectromechanical systems …

Enhancement of piezoelectric energy-harvesting capacity of electrospun β-PVDF nanogenerators by adding GO and rGO

M Zeyrek Ongun, S Oguzlar, EC Doluel… - Journal of Materials …, 2020 - Springer
In this paper, the electrical output voltage of highly piezoelectric properties of polyvinylidene
fluoride (PVDF) was enhanced by using graphene oxide (GO) and reduced graphene oxide …

MXenes for Wearable Physical Sensors toward Smart Healthcare

Y Yang, S Yang, X Xia, S Hui, B Wang, B Zou… - ACS …, 2024 - ACS Publications
The gradual rise of personal healthcare awareness is accelerating the deployment of
wearable sensors, whose ability of acquiring physiological vital signs depends on sensing …

Printed, wearable e-skin force sensor array

S Sapra, A Chakraborthy, S Nuthalapati, A Nag… - Measurement, 2023 - Elsevier
The need to develop electronic skin (e-skin) for robotics is essential to provide a sense of
touch on a large area, the same as human skin. This paper reports the design and …

Recent developments in magnetron-sputtered silicon nitride coatings of improved mechanical and tribological properties for extreme situations

AU Rao, SK Tiwari, MS Goyat, AK Chawla - Journal of Materials Science, 2023 - Springer
Abstract Silicon nitride (Si3N4) coatings are well known for extreme conditions (engine
parts, turbine blades, etc.). Si3N4 coatings offer excellent mechanical and tribological …

Hydrophobic ionic liquid-in-polymer composites for ultrafast, linear response and highly sensitive humidity sensing

X Zhao, K Zhou, Y Zhong, P Liu, Z Li, J Pan, Y Long… - Nano Research, 2021 - Springer
Traditional ionic liquids are sensitive to humidity but with long response time and nonlinear
response. Pure liquid-state ionic liquids are usually hard for dehydration which have …

[HTML][HTML] Development of a high-density piezoelectric micromachined ultrasonic transducer array based on patterned aluminum nitride thin film

E Shin, HG Yeo, A Yeon, C Jin, W Park, SC Lee… - Micromachines, 2020 - mdpi.com
This study presents the fabrication and characterization of a piezoelectric micromachined
ultrasonic transducer (pMUT; radius: 40 µm) using a patterned aluminum nitride (AlN) thin …