Capacitive wearable tactile sensor based on smart textile substrate with carbon black /silicone rubber composite dielectric

Measurement Science and Technology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2016, Pages

  Guo, Xiaohui ^a   Huang, Ying ^a,b   Cai, Xia ^a   Liu, Caixia ^a   Liu, Ping ^a  

^a HEFEI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF INTELLIGENT MACHINES   (China)

Author keywords

artificial skin; capacitive fabric sensor; e textile; plantar pressure distribution; soft grasping; wearable

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL ORGANS; CAPACITIVE SENSORS; CARBON BLACK; RUBBER; SILICONES; SMART TEXTILES; SUBSTRATES; TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; TEXTILES; WEARABLE TECHNOLOGY;

ARTIFICIAL SKIN; FABRIC SENSORS; PLANTAR PRESSURE DISTRIBUTIONS; SOFT-GRASPING; WEARABLE;

WEARABLE SENSORS;

EID: 84961755375     PISSN: 09570233     EISSN: 13616501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-0233/27/4/045105     Document Type: Article

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