ArticleScience advances2021
Soft artificial electroreceptors for noncontact spatial perception.
Article in Science advances, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.
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12 citing papers in PubMed.
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- Bio-Inspired Ionic Sensors: Transforming Natural Mechanisms into Sensory Technologies.Nano-micro letters · 2025Review
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- Bioinspired soft robots for deep-sea exploration.Nature communications · 2023Review
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- Human Pulse Detection by a Soft Tactile Actuator.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
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Abstract
Elasmobranch fishes, such as sharks, skates, and rays, use a network of electroreceptors distributed on their skin to locate adjacent prey. The receptors can detect the electric field generated by the biomechanical activity of the prey. By comparing the intensity of the electric fields sensed by each receptor in the network, the animals can perceive the relative positions of the prey without making physical contact. Inspired by this capacity for prey localization, we developed a soft artificial electroreceptor that can detect the relative positions of nearby objects in a noncontact manner by sensing the electric fields that originate from the objects. By wearing the artificial receptor, one can immediately receive spatial information of a nearby object via auditory signals. The soft artificial electroreceptor is expected to expand the ways we can perceive space by providing a sensory modality that did not evolve naturally in human beings.
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