Soft, transparent, electronic skin for distributed and multiple pressure sensing

Sensors (Switzerland)

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 6578-6604

  Levi, Alessandro ^a,b   Piovanelli, Matteo ^a,b   Furlan, Silvano ^c   Mazzolai, Barbara ^a   Beccai, Lucia ^a  

^a Center for Micro BioRobotics at SSSA   (Italy)

^b SCUOLA SUPERIORE SANT ANNA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Artificial skin; Electronic skin; Flexible; Optical; Pressure distribution; Pressure sensor; Soft; Tactile sensor

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL ORGANS; PRESSURE DISTRIBUTION; PRESSURE SENSORS;

ARTIFICIAL SKIN; ELECTRONIC SKIN; FLEXIBLE; OPTICAL; SOFT; TACTILE SENSORS;

SIGNAL DETECTION;

EID: 84879112674     PISSN: 14248220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s130506578     Document Type: Article

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