Robot Skin Diagram (IMAGE)

University of Washington

Robot Skin Diagram

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As the robot finger slides along a surface, serpentine channels filled with electrically conductive liquid metal and embedded in the rubber skin stretch on one side of the finger and compress on the other. This changes the amount of electricity that can flow through the channels, which can be measured and correlated with shear force and vibration.

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Reprinted from <i>Sensors and Actuators A: Physical</i> 2017:264:289-297; Yin, J., Santos, V.J., and Posner, J.D. "Bioinspired flexible microfluidic shear force sensor skin," with permission from Elsevier.

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