Tactile sensing plays a pivotal role in achieving precise physical manipulation tasks and
extracting vital physical features. This comprehensive review paper presents an in-depth …

Flexible sensors, made from flexible electronic materials, are of great importance in the
medical field due to the rising prevalence of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases …

Soft sensors that can perceive multiaxial forces, such as normal and shear, are of interest for
dexterous robotic manipulation and monitoring of human performance. Typical planar …

Soft sensors that can discriminate shear and normal force could help provide machines the
fine control desirable for safe and effective physical interactions with people. A capacitive …

Human–machine interaction (HMI) establishes an interconnected bridge between humans
and robots and plays a significant role in industry and medical fields. However, the …

This paper presents an overview of cooperative actuator and sensor systems based on
dielectric elastomer (DE) transducers. A DE consists of a flexible capacitor made of a thin …

Dielectric elastomer sensors (DESs) have been known as highly stretchable strain sensors
for about two decades. They are composite films consisting of alternating dielectric and …

Simultaneous monitoring of critical parameters (eg, pressure, shear, and temperature) at
bony prominences is essential for the prevention of pressure injuries in a systematic …

Enabling pressure sensors with high resolution and a broad detection range is of paramount
importance yet challenging due to the limitations of each known sensing method. Overlying …

Electronic skins integrating both normal and shear force per taxel have a wide range of
applications across diverse fields, including robotics, haptics and health monitoring. Current …