TY - GEN
T1 - Non-planar Printing for Stretchable Tactile Sensors
AU - Gros, Sonja
AU - Braun, Michael Tim
AU - Ganguly, Amartya
AU - Haddadin, Sami
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2024 IEEE.
PY - 2024
Y1 - 2024
N2 - Tactile sensors are gaining significance in numerous research fields, encompassing prosthetics, human-robot interaction, and manipulation. Recent advancements in soft and stretchable tactile skin for diverse applications impose an increasing demand for advanced printing methods to deploy such skins on curved surfaces like fingers or robot bodies. Our study introduces a novel non-planar printing method for tactile sensors on curved surfaces. This includes the design of a silicone and liquid conductive ink-based sensor, its manufacturing with our novel transformation that utilizes a liquid multi-material printer setup, and the sensor characterization under various conditions. Our findings demonstrate the feasibility of printing skin-like force sensors directly onto curved objects, with potential applications in the aforementioned research domains.
AB - Tactile sensors are gaining significance in numerous research fields, encompassing prosthetics, human-robot interaction, and manipulation. Recent advancements in soft and stretchable tactile skin for diverse applications impose an increasing demand for advanced printing methods to deploy such skins on curved surfaces like fingers or robot bodies. Our study introduces a novel non-planar printing method for tactile sensors on curved surfaces. This includes the design of a silicone and liquid conductive ink-based sensor, its manufacturing with our novel transformation that utilizes a liquid multi-material printer setup, and the sensor characterization under various conditions. Our findings demonstrate the feasibility of printing skin-like force sensors directly onto curved objects, with potential applications in the aforementioned research domains.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85200737283&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/FLEPS61194.2024.10603961
DO - 10.1109/FLEPS61194.2024.10603961
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85200737283
T3 - FLEPS 2024 - IEEE International Conference on Flexible and Printable Sensors and Systems, Proceedings
BT - FLEPS 2024 - IEEE International Conference on Flexible and Printable Sensors and Systems, Proceedings
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
T2 - 6th IEEE International Conference on Flexible and Printable Sensors and Systems, FLEPS 2024
Y2 - 30 June 2024 through 3 July 2024
ER -