Force Sensor Chip With High Lateral Resolution for Artificial Skin and Surgical Applications

Radó, János and Dekker, Ronald and Louwerse, Marcus C. and Henneken, Vincent A. and Peters, Machiel and Fürjes, Péter and Dücső, Csaba (2022) Force Sensor Chip With High Lateral Resolution for Artificial Skin and Surgical Applications. IEEE SENSORS JOURNAL, 22 (19). pp. 18359-18365. ISSN 1530-437X

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Abstract

The growing interest in artificial skin-based tactile systems requires sufficiently accurate, stretchable, low-power mechanical sensors. In this study, we present a novel capacitive device and an evaluation method capable of retrieving the force vector and determining the position of the loading point on an extended area without the application of a large matrix of individual sensors. With this tool, we can simultaneously increase the extractable information from an extended surface area and reduce the complexity, thereby the power consumption of the system. Thus, an alternative path is opened toward robotic tactile sensing by using a small array of sensors but covering a relatively large receptive field. Even a single sensor can meet the requirements of specific devices-for example, in catheters-to detect tissue hardness, bending, or narrowing of the arteries or veins. Apart from the medical and robotic applications, the flexibility in processing the Flex2Rigid platform enables the mimicry of human fingers or hands with integrated sensors and driving circuits.

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