TY - JOUR
T1 - An artificial neuromorphic somatosensory system with spatio-temporal tactile perception and feedback functions
AU - Sun, Fuqin
AU - Lu, Qifeng
AU - Hao, Mingming
AU - Wu, Yue
AU - Li, Yue
AU - Liu, Lin
AU - Li, Lianhui
AU - Wang, Yingyi
AU - Zhang, Ting
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors acknowledge the funding support from China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (2022M712323), the National Key R&D Program of China (2018YFB1304700, 2020YFB2008501), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (62071463, 62071462, 22109173), the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars (62125112) and XJTLU Research Development Funding (RDF-21-01-027). The authors are grateful for the technical support for Nano-X from Suzhou Institute of Nano-Tech and Nano-Bionics, Chinese Academy of Sciences (SINANO).
Funding Information:
The authors acknowledge the funding support from China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (2022M712323), the National Key R&D Program of China (2018YFB1304700, 2020YFB2008501), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (62071463, 62071462, 22109173), the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars (62125112) and XJTLU Research Development Funding (RDF-21-01-027). The authors are grateful for the technical support for Nano-X from Suzhou Institute of Nano-Tech and Nano-Bionics, Chinese Academy of Sciences (SINANO).
Publisher Copyright:
© 2022, The Author(s).
PY - 2022/12
Y1 - 2022/12
N2 - The advancement in flexible electronics and neuromorphic electronics has opened up opportunities to construct artificial perception systems to emulate biological functions which are of great importance for intelligent robotics and human-machine interactions. However, artificial systems that can mimic the somatosensory feedback functions have not been demonstrated yet despite the great achievement in this area. In this work, inspired by human somatosensory feedback pathways, an artificial somatosensory system with both perception and feedback functions was designed and constructed by integrating the flexible tactile sensors, synaptic transistor, artificial muscle, and the coupling circuit. Also, benefiting from the synaptic characteristics of the designed artificial synapse, the system shows spatio-temporal information-processing ability, which can further enhance the efficiency of the system. This research outcome has a potential contribution to the development of sensor technology from signal sensing to perception and cognition, which can provide a special paradigm for the next generation of bionic tactile perception systems towards e-skin, neurorobotics, and advanced bio-robots.
AB - The advancement in flexible electronics and neuromorphic electronics has opened up opportunities to construct artificial perception systems to emulate biological functions which are of great importance for intelligent robotics and human-machine interactions. However, artificial systems that can mimic the somatosensory feedback functions have not been demonstrated yet despite the great achievement in this area. In this work, inspired by human somatosensory feedback pathways, an artificial somatosensory system with both perception and feedback functions was designed and constructed by integrating the flexible tactile sensors, synaptic transistor, artificial muscle, and the coupling circuit. Also, benefiting from the synaptic characteristics of the designed artificial synapse, the system shows spatio-temporal information-processing ability, which can further enhance the efficiency of the system. This research outcome has a potential contribution to the development of sensor technology from signal sensing to perception and cognition, which can provide a special paradigm for the next generation of bionic tactile perception systems towards e-skin, neurorobotics, and advanced bio-robots.
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U2 - 10.1038/s41528-022-00202-7
DO - 10.1038/s41528-022-00202-7
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85135891844
SN - 2397-4621
VL - 6
JO - npj Flexible Electronics
JF - npj Flexible Electronics
IS - 1
M1 - 72
ER -