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A bimodal soft electronic skin for tactile and touchless interaction in real time

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  • Jin Ge

    (Institute of Ion Beam Physics and Materials Research)

  • Xu Wang

    (Institute of Ion Beam Physics and Materials Research)

  • Michael Drack

    (Johannes Kepler University Linz)

  • Oleksii Volkov

    (Institute of Ion Beam Physics and Materials Research)

  • Mo Liang

    (Institute of Ion Beam Physics and Materials Research)

  • Gilbert Santiago Cañón Bermúdez

    (Institute of Ion Beam Physics and Materials Research)

  • Rico Illing

    (Institute of Ion Beam Physics and Materials Research)

  • Changan Wang

    (Institute of Ion Beam Physics and Materials Research)

  • Shengqiang Zhou

    (Institute of Ion Beam Physics and Materials Research)

  • Jürgen Fassbender

    (Institute of Ion Beam Physics and Materials Research)

  • Martin Kaltenbrunner

    (Johannes Kepler University Linz
    Johannes Kepler University Linz)

  • Denys Makarov

    (Institute of Ion Beam Physics and Materials Research)

Abstract

The emergence of smart electronics, human friendly robotics and supplemented or virtual reality demands electronic skins with both tactile and touchless perceptions for the manipulation of real and virtual objects. Here, we realize bifunctional electronic skins equipped with a compliant magnetic microelectromechanical system able to transduce both tactile—via mechanical pressure—and touchless—via magnetic fields—stimulations simultaneously. The magnetic microelectromechanical system separates electric signals from tactile and touchless interactions into two different regions, allowing the electronic skins to unambiguously distinguish the two modes in real time. Besides, its inherent magnetic specificity overcomes the interference from non-relevant objects and enables signal-programmable interactions. Ultimately, the magnetic microelectromechanical system enables complex interplay with physical objects enhanced with virtual content data in augmented reality, robotics, and medical applications.

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  • Jin Ge & Xu Wang & Michael Drack & Oleksii Volkov & Mo Liang & Gilbert Santiago Cañón Bermúdez & Rico Illing & Changan Wang & Shengqiang Zhou & Jürgen Fassbender & Martin Kaltenbrunner & Denys Makarov, 2019. "A bimodal soft electronic skin for tactile and touchless interaction in real time," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 10(1), pages 1-10, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:10:y:2019:i:1:d:10.1038_s41467-019-12303-5
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-019-12303-5
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