Multi-functional stretchable and flexible sensor array to determine the location, shape, and pressure: Application in a smart robot

作     者：HAN LiBiao DING JianNing WANG Shuai XU Jiang YUAN NingYi CHENG GuangGui LIU ZunFeng 

作者机构：Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center of Photovoltaic Science and Engineering Changzhou University Micro/Nano Science and Technology Center Jiangsu University State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical BiologyKey Laboratory of Functional Polymer 

出 版 物：《Science China(Technological Sciences)》 (中国科学（技术科学英文版）)

年 卷 期：2018年第61卷第8期

页      面：1137-1143页

核心收录：

学科分类：080202[工学-机械电子工程] 081104[工学-模式识别与智能系统] 08[工学] 0802[工学-机械工程] 0811[工学-控制科学与工程] 

基　　金：supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China(Grant No.2017YFB0307000-01) the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.91648109) the Priority Academic Program Development of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions,333 Project of Jiangsu Province 

主　　题：sensor array stretchable location shape pressure 

摘      要：The rapid increase in the aging population prompts the development of wearable devices and sophisticated robots. With their ability to collect complex information about their surroundings via e-skins, robots could perform more dynamic and variable tasks such as rescue missions or caring for the elderly. In this paper, we present a new concept of utilizing a very simple, highly flexible and stretchable capacitor sensor array, that can be attached on the surface of a retractable robot hand to realize three functions: determining the location, shape, and pressure of an object. This adaptive sensing system is accomplished using capacitors connected by aligned carbon nanotube(CNT) films constructed on an elastomer dielectric material, which can reduce the requirement on the accuracy of the machine vision system. This study has a very broad application in the manufacture of intelligent software robots.