Journal
ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS
Volume 30, Issue 6, Pages -Publisher
WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH
DOI: 10.1002/adfm.201907312
Keywords
bioinspiration; robotics; tactile sensing; triboelectric nanogenerators
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Funding
- National Key R&D Program of China [2018YFB1304700, 2016YFA0202704]
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [91648115, 51820105008, 51605033]
- Youth Innovation Promotion Association, CAS [2019170]
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Electronic skin (e-skin) has been under the spotlight due to great potential for applications in robotics, human-machine interfaces, and healthcare. Meanwhile, triboelectric nanogenerators (TENGs) have been emerging as an effective approach to realize self-powered e-skin sensors. In this work, bioinspired TENGs as self-powered e-skin sensors are developed and their applications for robotic tactile sensing are also demonstrated. Through the facile replication of the surface morphology of natural plants, the interlocking microstructures are generated on tribo-layers to enhance triboelectric effects. Along with the adoption of polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) tinny burrs on the microstructured tribo-surface, the sensitivity for pressure measurement is boosted with a 14-fold increase. The tactile sensing capability of the TENG e-skin sensors are demonstrated through the characterizations of handshaking pressure and bending angles of each finger of a bionic hand during handshaking with human. The TENG e-skin sensors can also be utilized for tactile object recognition to measure surface roughness and discern hardness. The facile fabrication scheme of the self-powered TENG e-skin sensors enables their great potential for applications in robotic dexterous manipulation, prosthetics, human-machine interfaces, etc.
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