SEMINARA , L.

The reference electronic skin is a sensor array based on PVDF (Polyvinylidene fluoride) piezoelectric polymers, coupled to a rigid substrate and covered by an elastomer layer. It is first evaluated how a distributed normal force (Hertzian distribution) is transmitted to an extended PVDF sensor through the elastomer layer. A simplified approach...

Most objects are symmetric. In fact, humans are very good at detecting symmetry, both by vision and by touch, and they use such information to facilitate the perception of other object properties, such as shape and size; overall, this contributes to human's ability to successfully manipulate objects in unstructured environments. Inspired by...

Electronic skin can be integrated into a prosthetic device to endow the prosthesis with artificial cutaneous sensing, thereby partially restoring the sensory information lost due to an amputation. Non-invasive cutaneous electrostimulation transmits the tactile information sensed by the electronic skin on the prosthetic hand to the human brain,...