Electronic skin

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  Restoring touch

  Medical professionals and robotics engineers count on materials scientists for the development of electronic skins with lifelike tactile sensing capabilities.

  Editorial24 Aug 2016 Nature Materials
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  Robots with a sense of touch

  Tactile sensors provide robots with the ability to interact with humans and the environment with great accuracy, yet technical challenges remain for electronic-skin systems to reach human-level performance.

  • Chiara Bartolozzi
  • Lorenzo Natale
  • Giorgio Metta

  Commentary24 Aug 2016 Nature Materials
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  Pursuing prosthetic electronic skin

  This Review discusses the materials and electronic requirements for flexible sensors and electronic systems to mimic the mechanical and sensing properties of natural skin, with the goal of providing artificial prostheses with sensing capabilities.

  • Alex Chortos
  • Jia Liu
  • Zhenan Bao

  Review Article4 Jul 2016 Nature Materials