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Flexible touch sensors based on nanocomposites embedding polymeric optical fibers for artificial skin applications

Fabrizio Spano, Agnieszka Dąbrowska, Brit M. Quandt, Luciano F. Boesel, René M. Rossi, Alessandro Massaro, A. Lay-Ekuakille

Year
2015
Citations
4

Abstract

Development of artificial or robotic skin implementing optical touch sensors is considered. Integration of polymeric optical fibers in elastomeric nanocomposite matrix biomimicking human skin specification as flexibility and large-area sensing is presented. The sensing principle is directly linked to deformation of the polymeric optical fiber itself under applied weight solicitations.

Keywords

Materials scienceElastomerFlexibility (engineering)NanocompositeEmbeddingOptical fiberArtificial skinFiberComposite materialComputer science

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