Flexible Intelligent Sensing Patches for Augmented Tactile and Thermal Perception
Authors: WEI Ruilai; ZHANG Junling; LI Haotian; HUANG Tianci; WANG Xiaopeng; LIU Zhirong; LI Zhao; SONG Wei; FU Xiaobing; HUANG Sha; HUA Qilin; YUAN Zuqing; SHEN Guozhen
• • Pressure detection spans 8 Pa to 220 kPa with a 50 ms response time, enabling precise tactile feedback in robotic grippers and wearable pulse monitoring; this wide dynamic range covers both subtle epidermal pulses and high-load object manipulation.
• • Temperature resolution of 0.01 °C across 10–50 °C allows detection of minute thermal variations for early fever screening and thermal-based object recognition, surpassing typical thermistor resolutions by an order of magnitude.
• • Mechanical robustness under 150° bending and 10% tensile strain ensures reliable operation on curved body surfaces and dynamic robotic joints, mitigating signal drift in continuous wearable use.
• • Neural network integration yields 94.09% recognition accuracy for ten objects, demonstrating that bimodal tactile-thermal data can enhance robotic perception without complex signal decoupling, directly impacting industrial sorting and prosthetics.