A Bio-Hybrid Tactile Sensor Incorporating Living Artificial Skin and an Impedance Sensing Array

作者:Cheneler David*; Buselli Elisa; Camboni Domenico; Anthony Carl; Grover Liam; Adams Michael John; Oddo Calogero Maria
来源:Sensors (Switzerland), 2014, 14(12): 23781-23802.
DOI:10.3390/s141223781

摘要

The development of a bio-hybrid tactile sensor array that incorporates a skin analogue comprised of alginate encapsulated fibroblasts is described. The electrical properties are modulated by mechanical stress induced during contact, and changes are detected by a ten-channel dual-electrode impedance sensing array. By continuously monitoring the impedance of the sensor array at a fixed frequency, whilst normal and tangential loads are applied to the skin surface, transient mechanotransduction has been observed. The results demonstrate the effectiveness and feasibility of the preliminary prototype bio-hybrid tactile sensor.

  • 出版日期2014-12