Self-Healing and Highly Stretchable Electronic Skin for Soft Robots
- Resource Type
- Conference
- Authors
- Tu, Kuan-Yu; Lin, Yu-Chia; Hu, Lung-Hao; Kuo, Ching-Te
- Source
- 2024 IEEE 37th International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS) Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS), 2024 IEEE 37th International Conference on. :642-645 Jan, 2024
- Subject
- Bioengineering
Components, Circuits, Devices and Systems
Fields, Waves and Electromagnetics
Photonics and Electrooptics
Power, Energy and Industry Applications
Temperature sensors
Service robots
Soft robotics
Maintenance engineering
Skin
Robots
Stress
Self-healing
Stretchable
Electronic skin
Soft robot
- Language
- ISSN
- 2160-1968
We introduce a self-healing and exceptionally stretchable electronic skin designed for use in artificial soft robots. The hybrid substrate not only attains a maximum strain at break exceeding 2000% but also achieves a 99% full-healing rate within 10 seconds at room temperature (RT). Furthermore, we demonstrate the integration of this innovative electronic skin into soft pneumatic grippers, showcasing in situ tactile pressure sensing capabilities. Notably, the healing time for damage inflicted by an 18-gauge needle at room temperature is less than 1 minute.