A bio-hybrid tactile sensor incorporating living artificial skin and an impedance sensing array
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Authors
Colleges, School and Institutes
External organisations
- Birmingham University
Abstract
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.
Details
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 23781-23802 |
Number of pages | 22 |
Journal | Sensors (Switzerland) |
Volume | 14 |
Issue number | 12 |
Publication status | Published - 10 Dec 2014 |
Keywords
- Artificial skin, Artificial touch, Bio-hybrid sensors, Bioimpedance, Haptics, Microfluidics, Tactile sensors