Artificial Skins for Robotics
Our versatility in handling objects is based on our highly complex and versatile sense of touch. We cannot only resolve touch with very high spatial resolution on our skin, but also feel pressure, tension or vibrations. In this project we try to develop a technical counterpart, which is capable of giving robots or ultimately prosthetics a similar sense of touch. Pressures shall be resolved with high sensitivity and spatial resolution of about one sensor per mm2. The sensing system shall also be capable of resolving vibrations for texture or slippage recognition as well as allow the measurement of three-dimensional forces for strain measurements. A promising sensing technology was developed (compare the figure and publications), the future works focusses on the integration of this sensing technology in soft material as well as the development of suitable readout electronics.
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