Soft Self-Healing Fluidic Tactile Sensors with Damage Detection and Localization Abilities
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. SH-Material and Fabrication
2.2. Working Principle
2.3. Experimental Setup
2.4. Data Processing
3. Results
3.1. Sensor Characterization
3.2. One-Dimensional Damage Detection and Localization
3.3. Two-Dimensional Damage Detection and Localization
4. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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George Thuruthel, T.; Bosman, A.W.; Hughes, J.; Iida, F. Soft Self-Healing Fluidic Tactile Sensors with Damage Detection and Localization Abilities. Sensors 2021, 21, 8284. https://doi.org/10.3390/s21248284
George Thuruthel T, Bosman AW, Hughes J, Iida F. Soft Self-Healing Fluidic Tactile Sensors with Damage Detection and Localization Abilities. Sensors. 2021; 21(24):8284. https://doi.org/10.3390/s21248284
Chicago/Turabian StyleGeorge Thuruthel, Thomas, Anton W. Bosman, Josie Hughes, and Fumiya Iida. 2021. "Soft Self-Healing Fluidic Tactile Sensors with Damage Detection and Localization Abilities" Sensors 21, no. 24: 8284. https://doi.org/10.3390/s21248284