A Flexible 3D Force Sensor with In-Situ Tunable Sensitivity

James Davies,Mai Thanh Thai,Trung Thien Hoang,Chi Cong Nguyen,Phuoc Thien Phan,Kefan Zhu,Dang Bao Nhi Tran,Van Anh Ho,Hung Manh La,Quang Phuc Ha,Nigel Hamilton Lovell,Thanh Nho Do,James Davies,Mai Thanh Thai,Trung Thien Hoang,Chi Cong Nguyen,Phuoc Thien Phan,Kefan Zhu,Dang Bao Nhi Tran,Van Anh Ho,Hung Manh La,Quang Phuc Ha,Nigel Hamilton Lovell,Thanh Nho Do

Following biology's lead, soft robotics has emerged as a perfect candidate for actuation within complex environments. While soft actuation has been developed intensively over the last few decades, soft sensing has so far slowed to catch up. A largely unresearched area is the change of the soft material properties through prestress to achieve a degree of mechanical sensitivity tunability within sof...