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SensorNets: Towards Reconfigurable Multifunctional Fine-grained Soft and Stretchable Electronic Skins

Wicaksono, I., Kodama, E., Dementyev, A. and Paradiso, J.A. 2020. SensorNets: Towards Reconfigurable Multifunctional Fine-grained Soft and Stretchable Electronic Skins. In Proceedings of ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, New York, NY, USA, 1–8. DOI:https://doi.org/10.1145/3334480.338

Abstract

 SensorNets is a bioinspired electronic skin integrated with multimodal sensor networks for interactive media applications, from wearables, self-aware objects, to intelligent environments. It is developed by connecting miniaturized flexible printed circuit boards as twodimensional sensor arrays with stretchable interconnects. The system is embedded in between soft deformable layers, such as textiles or rubbers. The result is a soft sensate surface that can be distributed and conformally wrap and adapt to curved structures. Each node contains a microprocessor together with a collection of nine sensors and a light-emitting diode, providing multimodal data that can be used to detect various deformation, proxemic, tactile, and environmental changes. We show that the electronic skin can sense and respond to a variety of stimuli simultaneously, as well as open up a possibility for sensor-rich virtual and augmented reality-based visualization and interaction.

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