Tactile, friction, and temperature sensing artificial electronic skin with a fingerprint-like structure

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 26630164
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Electron device/Electronic equipment
• Research Institution: Osaka Prefecture University
• Principal Investigator: Takei Kuniharu 大阪府立大学, 工学(系)研究科(研究院), 助教 (20630833)
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: フレキシブルデバイス / 電子皮膚 / 歪みセンサ / 温度センサ / 印刷技術

Outline of Final Research Achievements

In this study, we developed an artificial electronic skin that enables to detect “tactile force”, “friction force”, and “temperature” distributions inspired by a human skin for a robotic and a prosthesis applications. In particular, macro-scale printing techniques of strain and temperature sensors were particularly developed for low-cost, multi-functional flexible devices. Based on a strain engineering, simultaneous detections of “tactile” and “friction” forces were realized by integrating with a three-dimensional structure on a flexible substrate. Finally, 3×3 array artificial electronic skin was successfully demonstrated.

Free Research Field

フレキシブルデバイス