期刊
SENSORS
卷 22, 期 13, 页码 -出版社
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/s22135040
关键词
electrical impedance tomography (EIT); robotic skin; pressure mapping imaging; fringing field imaging; touch sensing
This study presents a novel EIT-based force and touch sensor featuring a latex membrane and an ionic liquid domain. The sensor demonstrates hypersensitivity and can reliably detect forces as small as 64 mN. It also has the ability to discriminate multi-touch and sense annular forces. The results of the study show significant progress in ionic liquid EIT-based sensors and highlight their importance in research on tactile robotic skin.
Electrical impedance tomography (EIT) is a promising technique for large area tactile sensing for robotic skin. This study presents a novel EIT-based force and touch sensor that features a latex membrane acting as soft skin and an ionic liquid domain. The sensor works based on fringing field EIT where the touch or force leads to a deformation in the latex membrane causing detectable changes in EIT data. This article analyses the performance of this electronic skin in terms of its dynamical behaviour, position accuracy and quantitative force sensing. Investigation into the sensor's performance showed it to be hypersensitive, in that it can reliably detect forces as small as 64 mN. Furthermore, multi-touch discrimination and annular force sensing is displayed. The hysteresis in force sensing is investigated showing a very negligible hysteresis. This is a direct result of the latex membrane and the ionic liquid-based domain design compared to more traditional fabric-based touch sensors due to the reduction in electromechanical coupling. A novel test is devised that displayed the dynamic performance of the sensor by showing its ability to record a 1 Hz frequency, which was applied to the membrane in a tapping fashion. Overall, the results show a considerable progress in ionic liquid EIT-based sensors. These findings place the EIT-based sensors that comprise a liquid domain, at the forefront of research into tactile robotic skin.
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