Fabrication and Characterization of a Soft and Stretchable Capacitive Strain Sensor for Hand Gesture Recognition

• Published in: IEEE sensors journal Vol. 25; no. 1; pp. 601 - 612
• Main Authors: Tchantchane, Rayane, Zhou, Hao, Zhang, Shen, Alici, Gursel
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York IEEE 01.01.2025; The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
• Subjects: Automation; Bending; Capacitive sensors; Capacitive strain sensor (CSS); Cyclic loads; Deformation wear; Discriminant analysis; Fingers; Gesture recognition; Hand (anatomy); hand gesture recognition (HGR); Hands; human-machine Interface (HMI); Hysteresis; Industrial robots; Machine learning; machine learning (ML); Man-machine interfaces; Multi wall carbon nanotubes; Real time; Robot sensing systems; Robotics; Sensitivity; Sensor phenomena and characterization; Sensors; Soft robotics; Strain; Stretchability; Wearable computers; Wearable sensors; Wearable technology

In line with recent progress in soft robotics, human-machine interfaces (HMIs), and wearable sensors, there has been an increasing need for flexible and stretchable strain sensors, especially high-performance and low-cost capacitive strain-based sensors. Our sensor, based on a multiwalled carbon nan...