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In this article the authors report their current attempts toward the development of new “skin-like” tactile sensors and “muscle-like” linear actuators potentially useful in the design of dexterous end effectors. The underlying design philosophy resides on mimicking electromechanical conversion properties of biological tissue making use of synthetic piezoelectric polymers or polyelectrolyte gels. A brief introduction is also given to the physical mechanisms which govern mechanical to electrical transduction in polymeric systems. It is a belief of the authors that substantial progress in the development of sophisticated tactile sensors and artificial muscles can be obtained by resorting to a “molecular bionics” approach.
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De Rossi, D., Domenici, C., Chiarelli, P. (1988). Analogs of Biological Tissues for Mechanoelectrical Transduction: Tactile Sensors and Muscle-Like Actuators. In: Dario, P. (eds) Sensors and Sensory Systems for Advanced Robots. NATO ASI Series, vol 43. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-83410-3_9
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