CushSense: Soft, Stretchable, and Comfortable Tactile-Sensing Skin for Physical Human-Robot Interaction
Boxin Xu,Luoyan Zhong,Grace Zhang,Xiaoyu Liang,Diego Virtue,Rishabh Madan,Tapomayukh Bhattacharjee,Boxin Xu,Luoyan Zhong,Grace Zhang,Xiaoyu Liang,Diego Virtue,Rishabh Madan,Tapomayukh Bhattacharjee
Whole-arm tactile feedback is crucial for robots to ensure safe physical interaction with their surroundings. This paper introduces CushSense, a fabric-based soft and stretchable tactile-sensing skin designed for physical human-robot interaction (pHRI) tasks such as robotic caregiving. Using stretchable fabric and hyper-elastic polymer, CushSense identifies contacts by monitoring capacitive change...
