A bio-hybrid tactile sensor incorporating living artificial skin and an impedance sensing array

Sensors (Switzerland)

Volumn 14, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 23781-23802

  Cheneler, David ^a,c   Buselli, Elisa ^b   Camboni, Domenico ^b   Anthony, Carl ^c   Grover, Liam ^c   Adams, Michael John ^c   Oddo, Calogero Maria ^b  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b SCUOLA SUPERIORE SANT ANNA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Artificial skin; Artificial touch; Bio hybrid sensors; Bioimpedance; Haptics; Microfluidics; Tactile sensors

Indexed keywords

CELL CULTURE; MICROFLUIDICS; STRESSES;

ARTIFICIAL SKIN; ARTIFICIAL TOUCH; BIO-IMPEDANCE; HAPTICS; TACTILE SENSORS;

ARTIFICIAL ORGANS;

EID: 84916912147     PISSN: 14248220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s141223781     Document Type: Article

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