[SME] SEMINAR NGHIÊN CỨU KHOA HỌC THÁNG 3

*Abstract:
Touch is one of the main senses that humans use. The contact of external objects or forces with the body, especially the hands, is one of the main ways for humans to interact with the environment and explore their surroundings. Different types of touch receptors are located in different layers of the skin, and they are responsible for conveying not only tactile but also haptic and temperature information to the brain. The possibility of mimicking touch by electromechanical systems, such as robots, has been pursued for almost 40 years, but with a few exceptions, practical results are still far from desirable. This is due to the complexity associated with accomplishing artificial tactile sensing effectively. Several issues require further research, such as whole-body awareness (i.e., large area skin), conformability and stretchability, multimodality, structured design methodology, maintenance, calibration, system integration, interpretation of tactile data, reliability, fault tolerance and robustness, scalability, effective use of materials, small size, and low power consumption. The number of potential applications, including humanoid and industrial robots, healthcare systems, medical instrumentation and prosthetic devices, augmented reality, human-machine interaction, and many others, has increased very rapidly in recent years. This has led the research community to address not only transducer development but also system integration and engineering issues, which means the involvement of people working, namely, on electronics, mechanics, material science, measurement methods, system engineering, robotics, and bioengineering