State Key Laboratory of Precision Measurement Technology and Instruments, Department of Precision Instrument, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China.
Adv Sci (Weinh). 2022 Apr;9(11):e2104969. doi: 10.1002/advs.202104969. Epub 2022 Feb 16.
Human-robot collaboration is playing more and more important roles in current deployments of robotic systems in our lives. Haptic perception and intelligent control are essential to ensure safety and efficiency of human-robot interaction. However, existing robotic sensory and control systems are deficient in terms of performance issues, complexity, and cost. Here, the authors report a multifunctional electronic skin (e-skin) incorporating multiple perceptions with intelligent robotic control, by which robots can safely and dexterously interact with humans. The e-skin with a simple and cost-effective sensory structure has multimodal perceptions of proximity, temperature, contact force, and contact position with broad measuring range, high sensitivity, and fast response. The e-skin is applied onto robots to accomplish obstacle avoidance, safe and dexterous human-robot interaction, smart teaching, and playing Tai-Chi, which demonstrate a broad range of applications for intelligent robots equipped with e-skins.
人机协作在当前我们生活中的机器人系统部署中发挥着越来越重要的作用。触觉感知和智能控制对于确保人机交互的安全性和效率至关重要。然而，现有的机器人传感和控制系统在性能问题、复杂性和成本方面存在不足。在这里，作者报告了一种多功能电子皮肤（e-skin），它集成了多种感知和智能机器人控制，通过这种控制，机器人可以安全、灵活地与人类进行交互。这种电子皮肤具有简单、经济高效的传感结构，具有广泛的测量范围、高灵敏度和快速响应的接近度、温度、接触力和接触位置的多模态感知。该电子皮肤被应用于机器人上，以实现障碍物回避、安全灵活的人机交互、智能教学和打太极拳，这为配备电子皮肤的智能机器人展示了广泛的应用前景。
