Self-healing Cell Tactile Sensor Fabricated Using Ultraflexible Printed Electrodes

Masahiro Shimizu,Toshinori Fujie,Takuya Umedachi,Shunsuke Shigaki,Hiroki Kawashima,Masato Saito,Hirono Ohashi,Koh Hosoda,Masahiro Shimizu,Toshinori Fujie,Takuya Umedachi,Shunsuke Shigaki,Hiroki Kawashima,Masato Saito,Hirono Ohashi,Koh Hosoda

We used cells, which are the units that make up a living body, as building blocks to design a biomachine hybrid system and develop a tactile sensor that uses living cells as sensor receptors. We fabricated a novel cell tactile sensor with the electrodes formed using printed electronics technology. This sensor comprises elastic electrodes mounted on a soft material to acquire tactile information; s...