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Soft Tactile Sensors for Rehabilitation Robotic Hand with 3D Printed Folds

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2nd International Conference for Innovation in Biomedical Engineering and Life Sciences (ICIBEL 2017)

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Abstract

The tactile sensing technology has now progressed to the new developments in the field of robotics. In order to keep up with the trends, in this paper we have developed a soft fabric based tactile sensor which is incorporated with a 3D printed robotic hand for rehabilitation uses. Various types of tactile sensors were made with differences in the conductive material used. Conductive thread and conductive fabric based sensors were fabricated with the piezoresistive principle. On comparison with the conventional types of rigid tactile sensors, these newly fabricated sensors are advantageous in many ways in terms of their uncomplicated design, high sensitivity, lightweight and flexible nature. The 3D printed robotic hand has its inspiration from origami and its potential application in the rehabilitation process for stroke patients is validated in this paper.

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This work is supported by the Singapore Academic Research Fund under Grant R-397-000-227-112, NUSRI China Jiangsu Provincial Grant BK20150386 & BE2016077 awarded to Dr. Hongliang Ren.

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  1. Department of Biomedical Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore

    Kirthika Senthil Kumar, Hongliang Ren & Yun Hol Chan

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  1. Department of Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Centre for Innovation in Medical Engineering, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

    Fatimah Ibrahim

  2. Department of Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

    Juliana Usman

  3. Department of Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Centre for Innovation in Medical Engineering, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

    Mohd Yazed Ahmad

  4. Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

    Norhamizan Hamzah

  5. Department of Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Centre for Innovation in Medical Engineering, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

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Senthil Kumar, K., Ren, H., Chan, Y.H. (2018). Soft Tactile Sensors for Rehabilitation Robotic Hand with 3D Printed Folds. In: Ibrahim, F., Usman, J., Ahmad, M., Hamzah, N., Teh, S. (eds) 2nd International Conference for Innovation in Biomedical Engineering and Life Sciences. ICIBEL 2017. IFMBE Proceedings, vol 67. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-7554-4_9

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