Adaptive robotic manipulation requires sensing systems capable of both anticipating contact and resolving haptic interactions. Existing triboelectric sensors operate through electron transport alone and are intrinsically limited to contact-triggered signal generation, preventing unified tele-perception and haptic perception. Here we introduce an iontronic triboelectric sensor (ITS) that exploits coupled ionic and electronic carrier transport to stabilize triboelectric charge generation while extending electrostatic perception beyond physical contact. Based on a PVDF-ionic liquid-TiO2 composite dielectric with optimized surface microstructuring, the ITS enables haptic pressure sensing over 0-70 kPa in the contact-separation mode and human-target tele-perception up to 1.1 m in the single-electrode mode. The same 1D-CNN is independently applied, achieving 91.3% accuracy for material pre-recognition before contact and 90.28% accuracy for material recognition during contact. Integrated with a robotic hand, the ITS enables closed-loop tele-perception-haptic perception-action feedback for adaptive grasping, providing a self-powered multimodal platform for embodied intelligence and autonomous robotics.
Thermal–tactile sensing is a key capability for robotic perception, enabling temperature estimation and material discrimination during physical interaction. In soft robotic manipulation, the integration of compliant sensing technologies is essential to preserve the intrinsic adaptability of deformable end-effectors w...
L. Migliorini, Leonardo Marcello, Francesco Maiocchi et al.· ACS Applied Electronic Mater...· 0 citations
Tactile perception systems based on flexible pressure sensors are indispensable for humanoid robots to perform dexterous manipulation, compliant interaction, and operation in visually challenging environments. Although strategies relying on surface or spatial microstructure engineering have improved sensor performance,...
Ming-Yuan Sun, Gang Ma, Shuai Dong et al.· Science Advances· 0 citations
With the rapid development of flexible electronics and intelligent robotics, highly sensitive tactile sensing systems have become crucial for human-machine interactions and object recognition. However, achieving high sensitivity and mechanical robustness simultaneously remains a major challenge. Herein, we develop a to...
Jia-Min Zhao, Bin Luo, Tao Liu et al.· Nano letters (Print)· 0 citations
Hydrostatic preload increases response nonlinearity and limits weak-force detection in underwater tactile sensing. Here, we present a nanocomposite-enhanced iontronic tactile sensor (NeITS) that combines high sensitivity with wide-range linearity through a coupled mechano-ionic mechanism. Hydrophobic SiO2 nanoparticles...
Jun-Jie Weng, X. Shu, Ren-Feng Gong et al.· Small· 0 citations
Tactile sensing has become a key enabling technology for robotic manipulation by providing robots with information about physical interactions, including contact, force, slip, and object properties. Among the various tactile sensing approaches, RoboSkin employs commercially available MEMS pressure sensors embedded with...
Thomas Kammerhofer, Thomas Fazokas, Thomas Thurner· e+i Elektrotechnik und Infor...· 0 citations
In living organisms, sensing and actuation processes are inherently integrated, forming the foundation for autonomous control and active interaction with the surrounding environment. By contrast, in most existing artificial device systems, sensors and actuators operate as separate functional units, lacking seamless arc...
