Magnetic Hair Tactile Sensor for Directional Pressure Detection
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2024-10
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Tactile sensing in the human body is achieved via the skin. This has inspired the fabrication of synthetic skins with pressure sensors for potential applications in robotics, bio-medicine, and human-machine interfaces. Tactile sensors based on magnetic elements are promising as they provide high sensitivity and a wide dynamic range. However, current magnetic tactile sensors mostly detect pressures of solid objects and operate at relatively high forces about 100 mN. Herein, these limitations are addressed by manufacturing soft, stretchable, and hair-like structures that are permanently magnetized to achieve high-resolution, cost-effective, and high-resolution pressure sensing. Combining these hair-like structures with advances in 3D magnetic-field measurements allows us to monitor directional tactile pressures without solid contact. To prove the concept of this technology, a bio-inspired soft device is built with a hairy structure that senses and reports environmental mechanical stresses, similar to that of human skin. Simple self-assembly of the soft magnetic hair structure makes our approach easy to scale for large-area applications.
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6 (10)
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2400106
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Wiley-VCH
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magnetic fields; pressure sensor; self-assembly; soft materials; tactile sensor
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03831 - Studart, André R. / Studart, André R.