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ArticleScience advances2025

Bioarchitectonics-inspired soft grippers with cutaneous slip perception.

Jiangtao Su, Joel Ming Rui Tan, Jiajun Liu, Ke He, Dong Wu, Wenjie Lai, Jinwei Cao, Soo Jay Phee, Shlomo Magdassi, Xiaodong Chen

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Article in Science advances, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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10 authors.

Jiangtao SuInnovative Centre for Flexible Devices (iFLEX), Max Planck-NTU Joint Lab for Artificial Senses, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore.ORCID 0009-0005-0864-6791
Joel Ming Rui TanSingapore-HUJ Alliance for Research and Enterprise (SHARE), CREATE, Singapore, Singapore.ORCID 0009-0002-7418-5565
Jiajun LiuSchool of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore.ORCID 0000-0002-9206-9835
Ke HeInnovative Centre for Flexible Devices (iFLEX), Max Planck-NTU Joint Lab for Artificial Senses, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore.ORCID 0000-0003-1937-1760
Dong WuInnovative Centre for Flexible Devices (iFLEX), Max Planck-NTU Joint Lab for Artificial Senses, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore.ORCID 0009-0009-0977-2991
Wenjie LaiSingapore-HUJ Alliance for Research and Enterprise (SHARE), CREATE, Singapore, Singapore.ORCID 0000-0002-6020-107X
Jinwei CaoInnovative Centre for Flexible Devices (iFLEX), Max Planck-NTU Joint Lab for Artificial Senses, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore.ORCID 0000-0001-9681-1155
Soo Jay PheeSingapore-HUJ Alliance for Research and Enterprise (SHARE), CREATE, Singapore, Singapore.ORCID 0000-0002-9709-5848
Shlomo MagdassiSingapore-HUJ Alliance for Research and Enterprise (SHARE), CREATE, Singapore, Singapore.ORCID 0000-0002-6794-0553
Xiaodong ChenInnovative Centre for Flexible Devices (iFLEX), Max Planck-NTU Joint Lab for Artificial Senses, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore.ORCID 0000-0002-3312-1664

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The growing demand for dexterous and autonomous robotic manipulation highlights the need for advanced sensing and control strategies, particularly for slip prevention. Although soft grippers provide intrinsic compliance and adaptability, their effectiveness is often limited by the lack of real-time sensory feedback and the complexity of soft actuator dynamics. Inspired by human tactile perception, we developed a bioarchitectonics-inspired soft slip sensor with a three-dimensional structure that leverages crack and stress concentration to enhance sensitivity to incipient slip and shear force. Complementarily, a soft gripper with a linear pressure-to-force response was engineered to enable stable and predictable force modulation. The flexible slip sensors were conformally integrated onto the grippers, forming a fully perceptive soft robotic system capable of detecting early-stage slippage and investigating interfacial frictional properties. This integration establishes a closed-loop sensorimotor framework that notably improves the reliability and adaptability of soft robotic grasping across a wide range of real-world applications.

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BiomimeticsHand StrengthRoboticsTouch PerceptionFeedback, SensoryFrictionHumansTouch

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PMID40802770
PMCPMC12346268

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