The hand endows us with unparalleled precision and versatility in our interactions with
objects, from mundane activities such as grasping to extraordinary ones such as virtuoso …

Background Skin is a multilayer interface between the body and the environment,
responsible for many important functions, such as temperature regulation, water transport …

Because of their continuous and natural motion, fluidically powered soft actuators have
shown potential in a range of robotic applications, including prosthetics and orthotics …

Robotic fingers with multidirectional tactile perception are of great importance for the robotic
exploration of complex unknown space, especially in environments in which visualization is …

With rapid advances in the field of autonomous vehicles (AVs), the ways in which human–
vehicle interaction (HVI) will take place inside the vehicle have attracted major interest and …

The sense of proprioception allows us to keep track of our limb posture and movements and
the sense of touch provides us with information about objects with which we come into …

Inspired by the epidermal–dermal and outer microstructures of the human fingerprint, a
novel flexible sensor device is designed to improve haptic perception and surface texture …

Ionic tactile sensors (ITS) represent a new class of deformable sensory platforms that mimic
not only the tactile functions and topological structures but also the mechanotransduction …

Traditionally, different classes of cutaneous mechanoreceptive afferents are ascribed
different and largely non-overlapping functional roles (for example texture or motion) …

Inspired by the structure and functions of the human skin, a highly sensitive capacitive‐
piezoelectric flexible sensing skin with fingerprint‐like patterns to detect and discriminate …