A highly flexible, stretchable and ultra-thin piezoresistive tactile sensor array using PAM/PEDOT:PSS hydrogel

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Abstract

This paper presents a highly flexible, stretchable and ultrathin piezoresistive tactile sensor array, which can be attached to a tactile display actuator array [1] without any influence on its motion. Its operational principal is based on the resistance changing of a tactile cell array prepared by blending a precise conductive polymer-Poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene):polystyrene sulfonate (PEDOT:PSS) with Polyacrylamide (PAM) hydrogel. Through comparing the characteristics of the blended hydrogel mixed between PAM and PEDOT with different ratios 2.5:1; 3:1; 3.5:1 respectively, the 2.5:1 ratio is the appropriate sample selected as the sensor design. Then, the 12×8 tactile sensor array were fabricated by dropping the conductive hydrogel into the cavity of two electrodes cast on Sylgard 184 substrates (PDMS), which is flexible and thin-around 800μm thickness in total. Finally, a primary measuring circuit using Wheatstone Bridge with a low-pass filter, an amplifier, and a signal processing circuit are also built to demonstrate the sensor s performance successfully.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2017 14th International Conference on Ubiquitous Robots and Ambient Intelligence, URAI 2017
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages950-955
Number of pages6
ISBN (Electronic)9781509030552
DOIs
StatePublished - 25 Jul 2017
Event14th International Conference on Ubiquitous Robots and Ambient Intelligence, URAI 2017 - Jeju, Korea, Republic of
Duration: 28 Jun 20171 Jul 2017

Publication series

Name2017 14th International Conference on Ubiquitous Robots and Ambient Intelligence, URAI 2017

Conference

Conference14th International Conference on Ubiquitous Robots and Ambient Intelligence, URAI 2017
Country/TerritoryKorea, Republic of
CityJeju
Period28/06/171/07/17

Keywords

  • PEDOT
  • Piezoresistive tactile sensor
  • Polyacrylamide hydrogel
  • PSS
  • tactile display actuator

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