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A palm-like 3D tactile sensor based on liquid-metal triboelectric nanogenerator for underwater robot gripper

Yuanzheng Li1Bo Liu1Peng Xu2( )Jianhua Liu1Xirui Dai1Aiqiang Yu1Tianrun Wang1Linan Guo1Tangzhen Guan3Liguo Song1( )Minyi Xu1( )
Dalian Key Lab of Marine Micro/Nano Energy and Self-powered Systems, Marine Engineering College, Dalian Maritime University, Dalian 116026, China
Intelligent Biomimetic Design Lab, College of Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
Liquid Metal and Cryogenic Biomedical Research Center, Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
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This paper proposes a distributed liquid metal-based three-dimensional biomimetic underwater triboelectric palm-like tactile sensor (UPTS) for feedback-controlled grippers. The sensor can precisely detect the position and angle of external pressure, as well as the shape and hardness of the object being grasped, while maintaining a stable output signal.

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The highly sensitive and power efficient tactile sensors can provide grippers with vertical and shear forces from interactions with objects. In an ocean environment with low visual distance and high noise, sea otters can rely on their palms to accurately identify and grasp target objects without damage. Inspired by the structure of the sea otter’s palm, this paper proposes a distributed liquid metal-based three-dimensional biomimetic underwater triboelectric palm-like tactile sensor (UPTS) for feedback-controlled grippers. The device is mainly composed of a flexible shell, a flexible cover, a flexible support, a triboelectric sensing unit and a fixed shell. The force acting on the flexible cover causes the flexible cover and sensing unit to deform, so that the sensing unit undergoes a contact-separation process, thereby generating an electrical signal. UPTS has the capability to identify the magnitude and direction of force, with a direction recognition error angle within 5 degrees. Additionally, it can distinguish the hardness and shape of objects, achieving an accuracy rate of 100% and 99.75% respectively for the tested objects. The results indicate that UPTS can provide force feedback for underwater grippers, thereby assisting the grippers in better completing salvage task.

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Cite this article:
Li Y, Liu B, Xu P, et al. A palm-like 3D tactile sensor based on liquid-metal triboelectric nanogenerator for underwater robot gripper. Nano Research, 2024, 17(11): 10008-10016. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12274-024-6903-3
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Received: 28 May 2024
Revised: 19 July 2024
Accepted: 21 July 2024
Published: 17 August 2024
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