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ArticleProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2025

Multisensory electronic skin with decoupled pressure-temperature-sensing capabilities for similar object recognition.

Jin Ji, Hongyu Luo, Jiangtao Su, Suhao Wang, Xiaodong Chen, Jizhou Song

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Article in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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Jin Ji *Department of Engineering Mechanics, Key Laboratory of Soft Machines and Smart Devices of Zhejiang Province, State Key Laboratory of Brain-Machine Intelligence, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China.ORCID 0009-0007-1343-7884
Hongyu Luo *Department of Engineering Mechanics, Key Laboratory of Soft Machines and Smart Devices of Zhejiang Province, State Key Laboratory of Brain-Machine Intelligence, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China.ORCID 0000-0003-0977-0880
Jiangtao Su *Innovative Centre for Flexible Devices (iFLEX), Max Planck-NTU Joint Lab for Artificial Senses, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 639798, Singapore.
Suhao WangDepartment of Engineering Mechanics, Key Laboratory of Soft Machines and Smart Devices of Zhejiang Province, State Key Laboratory of Brain-Machine Intelligence, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China.ORCID 0000-0003-3514-5202
Xiaodong ChenInnovative Centre for Flexible Devices (iFLEX), Max Planck-NTU Joint Lab for Artificial Senses, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 639798, Singapore.
Jizhou SongDepartment of Engineering Mechanics, Key Laboratory of Soft Machines and Smart Devices of Zhejiang Province, State Key Laboratory of Brain-Machine Intelligence, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China.ORCID 0000-0003-2821-9429

Funding

MOST | National Key Research and Development Program of China (NKPs) 2022YFC2401901MOST | National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) 12225209MOST | National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) 12321002MOST | National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) U21A20502Prime Minister's Office Singapore (PMO) Smart Grippers for Soft Robotics (SGSR) Programme under the National Research Foundation Prime Min
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Abstract

Multisensory electronic skin (e-skin), which mimics the tactile capabilities of human skin, is pivotal in equipping robots with intelligent perceptual functions. Despite numerous advances in multifunctional perceptions, e-skin with combined mechano- and thermosensation capabilities for accurately recognizing objects with similar characteristics is still challenging. Here, we report a multisensory e-skin with a skin-like multilayer construction for smart perceptions, which features the patterned protrusion texture mimicking the skin texture to enhance the pressure-sensing sensitivity, the temperature-sensing component mimicking the thermoreceptors, the pressure-sensing component mimicking the mechanoreceptors, and the heater mimicking the body heat source. This multisensory e-skin exhibits excellent decoupled sensing performances of pressure and temperature, enabling the development of a haptic perception system for evaluating some discernible characteristics (e.g., shape and size) and experience-driven features (e.g., modulus and thermal conductivity) of objects through a simple grasp. Demonstrations of accurate recognition and automatic classification of various objects even with extremely similar surface features highlight the significant potential of this multisensory e-skin in applications such as intelligent soft robotics, prosthetics, and other related fields.

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ThermosensingTouch PerceptionWearable Electronic DevicesHumansPressureRoboticsSkinTemperatureTouchbioinspired mechanical designelectronic skinobject recognitiontactile perception

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PMCPMC12541444

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