Robotic Manipulation under Harsh Conditions Using Self-Healing Silk-Based Iontronics.

ABSTRACT: Progress toward intelligent human-robotic interactions requires monitoring sensors that are mechanically flexible, facile to implement, and able to harness recognition capability under harsh environments. Conventional sensing methods have been divided for human-side collection or robot-side feedback and are not designed with these criteria in mind. However, the iontronic polymer is an example of a general method that operates properly on both human skin (commonly known as skin electronics or iontronics) and the machine/robotic surface. Here, a unique iontronic composite (silk protein/glycerol/Ca(II) ion) and supportive molecular mechanism are developed to simultaneously achieve high conductivity (around 6 kΩ at 50 kHz), self-healing (within minutes), strong stretchability (around 1000%), h

SUBMITTER: Liu M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8805592 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature