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ArticleNature communications2018

An artificial nociceptor based on a diffusive memristor.

Jung Ho Yoon, Zhongrui Wang, Kyung Min Kim, Huaqiang Wu, Vignesh Ravichandran, Qiangfei Xia, Cheol Seong Hwang, J Joshua Yang

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Article in Nature communications, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 74 papers.

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74 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Jung Ho YoonDepartment of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, 01003, USA.
Zhongrui WangDepartment of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, 01003, USA.
Kyung Min KimHewlett Packard Labs, Palo Alto, CA, 94304, USA.
Huaqiang WuInstitue of Microelectronics, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China.
Vignesh RavichandranDepartment of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, 01003, USA.
Qiangfei XiaDepartment of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, 01003, USA. qxia@umass.edu.
Cheol Seong HwangDepartment of Materials Science and Engineering and Inter-University Semiconductor Research Center, Seoul National University, Seoul, 151-744, Republic of Korea.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6254-9758
J Joshua YangDepartment of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, 01003, USA. jjyang@umass.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0671-6010

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A nociceptor is a critical and special receptor of a sensory neuron that is able to detect noxious stimulus and provide a rapid warning to the central nervous system to start the motor response in the human body and humanoid robotics. It differs from other common sensory receptors with its key features and functions, including the "no adaptation" and "sensitization" phenomena. In this study, we propose and experimentally demonstrate an artificial nociceptor based on a diffusive memristor with critical dynamics for the first time. Using this artificial nociceptor, we further built an artificial sensory alarm system to experimentally demonstrate the feasibility and simplicity of integrating such novel artificial nociceptor devices in artificial intelligence systems, such as humanoid robots.

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ElectronicsNociceptorsReceptors, ArtificialRoboticsArtificial IntelligenceDiffusionHumansReceptors, Artificial

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PMID29379008
PMCPMC5788850

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