Soft Sensors for Wearable and Soft Robot Applications
A special issue of Sensors (ISSN 1424-8220). This special issue belongs to the section "Physical Sensors".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 June 2021) | Viewed by 5059
Special Issue Editor
Interests: soft sensors and actuators; wearable robots; soft robotics; soft mechatronics; haptics; human–robot interactions
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Dear Colleagues,
Recently, various soft sensors have been proposed as promising candidates for wearable and soft robot applications, due to their advantages in terms of stretchability, flexibility, and light-weight structure. For example, in wearable robots, soft sensors can be applied to monitor body motion and interactive force with enhanced wearability and portability. Additionally, soft sensors have the potential to measure the high dimensional deformation or shape transformation of soft robots. Various sensing methodologies and structural designs can be used in soft sensors depending on target applications. In addition, precise modeling and manufacturing processes can gurrantee the high accuracy and reliability of soft sensors.
This Special Issue is intended to address all types of soft sensors developed for wearable and soft robot applications. We would like to invite researchers to contribute their original research and qualified reviews related to this topic, including soft sensors, innovative sensing methodologies, and applications to wearable and soft robots, such as motion sensors, healthcare monitoring sensors, shape sensing system for soft robots, and so on.
Prospective authors are invited to submit high-quality papers representing results in all areas of soft robotics, including but not limited to the following:
- Stretchable sensors;
- Flexible sensors;
- Soft mrchanical (strain/stress/pressure/force) sensors;
- Wearable sensors;
- Skin patch sensor/sensors printed on the skin;
- Soft sensor system for soft robots;
- Novel sensing methodology of soft sensors;
- Novel manufacturing techniques of soft sensors;
- Wearable healthcare sensors;
- Wearable motion sensors;
- Shape/geometry sensing for soft robots;
- Human–robot interactions;
- New types of soft sensors.
Prof. Dr. Ki-Uk Kyung
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- stretchable sensors
- flexible sensors
- soft mrchanical (strain/stress/pressure/force) sensors
- wearable sensors
- skin patch sensor/sensors printed on the skin
- soft sensor system for soft robots
- novel sensing methodology of soft sensors
- novel manufacturing techniques of soft sensors
- wearable healthcare sensors
- wearable motion sensors shape/geometry sensing for soft robots
- human–robot interactions
- new types of soft sensors
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