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Patrick Boissy

Jonathan Genest

Jacques Beauvais

François Michaud

Cyril Bounakoff

Annick Sauve

Described herein is an apparatus and method for detecting various types of contacts, touches and complex gestures as well as allowing for their detailed and accurate characterization. In one aspect, the apparatus is an intrinsically phasic artificial mechanoreceptor. The proposed apparatus can provide biomimetic artificial skins with sensitivity to changes rather than static stimulation. It is shown that the representations of spatiotemporal mechanical signals that can be efficiently classified into various types of complex touches (gestures: stroke, scratch, slap, pinch, etc.).

Soft phasic electronic tactile sensing elements for characterization of touch

The present disclosure relates to an element for sensing strain, stress or force. The sensing element comprises a substrate, a pair of electrodes on the substrate, and a network of carbon nanotubes for sensing the strain, stress or force within a structure. The network of carbon nanotubes defines at least in part an electrical path between the electrodes of the pair, and the electrical path has a resistance which is altered by the sensed strain, stress or force. Combining a plurality of sensing elements coupled to a common substrate forms a sensing system.

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