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ArticleNature communications2026

A liquid metal dynamic wetting strategy for spatiotemporal monitoring of hand movements.

Fei Zhan, Nan Li, Ruohan Zhan, Lei Wang, Chun Chen, Guoqing Wang, Feifan Guo, Bowen Tian, Hongbin Zhao, Shuizhong Wang and 1 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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11 authors.

Fei Zhan *State Key Laboratory of Efficient Production of Forest Resources, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, PR China.
Nan Li *Beijing Key Laboratory of Cryo-Biomedical Engineering, Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5045-4383
Ruohan Zhan *State Key Laboratory of Efficient Production of Forest Resources, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, PR China.
Lei WangState Key Laboratory of Efficient Production of Forest Resources, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, PR China. leiwangns@bjfu.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6674-1205
Chun ChenState Key Laboratory of Efficient Production of Forest Resources, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, PR China.
Guoqing WangState Key Laboratory of Efficient Production of Forest Resources, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, PR China.
Feifan GuoState Key Laboratory of Efficient Production of Forest Resources, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, PR China.
Bowen TianState Key Laboratory of Efficient Production of Forest Resources, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, PR China.
Hongbin ZhaoState Key Laboratory of Advanced Materials for Intelligent Sensing, General Research Institute for Nonferrous Metals, Beijing, China.
Shuizhong WangState Key Laboratory of Efficient Production of Forest Resources, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, PR China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1731-4095
Guoyong SongState Key Laboratory of Efficient Production of Forest Resources, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, PR China. songg@bjfu.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9221-4078

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Current hand tracking technologies often suffer from inconsistent accuracy due to occlusion, electromagnetic interference, and ambiguous signals from soft sensors. These limitations hinder reliable motion capture for advanced human-machine interaction. To overcome them, we propose a liquid metal dynamic wetting-based flexible and wearable inertial skeletal tracking (FWIST) system. The system integrates 16 FWIST units on the hand to capture palm pitch/roll and finger bending angles in real time with high precision. It accurately reconstructs fingertip and joint trajectories, providing comprehensive hand motion analysis. In laboratory tests, a feedforward neural network achieved nearly 100% gesture recognition accuracy on a small dataset, proving the method's potential. Future work will focus on verifying robustness on larger, diverse datasets. The FWIST approach offers promising applications in teleoperation, robot programming, drone control, and immersive VR/AR experiences.

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HandFingersGesturesHumansMaleMetalsMovementNeural Networks, ComputerRoboticsWearable Electronic DevicesMetals

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PMCPMC12774876

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