A bio-inspired and self-powered triboelectric tactile sensor for underwater vehicle perception

• Published in: Npj flexible electronics Vol. 6; no. 1; pp. 1 - 10
• Main Authors: Xu, Peng, Liu, Jianhua, Liu, Xiangyu, Wang, Xinyu, Zheng, Jiaxi, Wang, Siyuan, Chen, Tianyu, Wang, Hao, Wang, Chuan, Fu, Xianping, Xie, Guangming, Tao, Jin, Xu, Minyi
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 25.04.2022; Nature Publishing Group; Nature Portfolio
• Subjects: 639/166/987; 639/301/1005; Chemistry and Materials Science; Deformation; Design; Electronics and Microelectronics; Grippers; Instrumentation; Marine mammals; Materials Science; Nanogenerators; Optical and Electronic Materials; Perception; Polymer Sciences; Sensors; Sensory stimulation; Stress concentration; Tactile discrimination; Tactile sensors (robotics); Underwater vehicles; Vehicles

Marine mammals relying on tactile perception for hunting are able to achieve a remarkably high prey capture rate without visual or acoustic perception. Here, a self-powered triboelectric palm-like tactile sensor (TPTS) is designed to build a tactile perceptual system for underwater vehicles. It is e...