1State Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Materials and Technologies and the Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Display Material and Technology, School of Electronics and Information Technology, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510275, People’s Republic of China
2Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Micro and Nano Systems for Aerospace, School of Mechanical Engineering, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an 710072, People’s Republic of China
3Research & Development Institute of Northwestern Polytechnical University in Shenzhen, Shenzhen, 518063, People’s Republic of China
4The Institute of Flexible Electronics (IFE, Future Technologies), Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, People’s Republic of China
5Key Laboratory of Flexible Electronics (KLOFE), School of Flexible Electronics (Future Technologies), Nanjing Tech University, 30 South Puzhu Road, Nanjing 211816, People’s Republic of China
6State Key Laboratory of Transducer Technology, Shanghai, 200050, People’s Republic of China
7Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Technique and Equipment for Macromolecular Advanced Manufacturing, Guangzhou, 510641, People’s Republic of China
8State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, People’s Republic of China
9Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Research and Development of Natural Drugs and School of Pharmacy, Guangdong Medical University, Dongguan 523808, People’s Republic of China
10The First Dongguan Affiliated Hospital, Guangdong Medical University, Dongguan 523808, People’s Republic of China
11Engineering Research Center of Polymer Green Recycling of Ministry of Education, College of Environment and Resources, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou 350007, People’s Republic of China
【AIGC One Sentence Reading】:AI-enhanced multimodal e-skin, integrated with robots, boosts post-earthquake rescue efficiency by感知environment & alerting toxic gases in real time.
【AIGC Short Abstract】:The proposed AI-enhanced multimodal e-skin equips rescue robots with advanced environmental perception, enabling them to distinguish objects, identify human limbs, and sense NO2 gas in real time. This innovation, featuring a multilayer structure and integrated AI algorithms, enhances post-earthquake rescue efficiency and protects trapped individuals from toxic environments.
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Abstract
Post-earthquake rescue missions are full of challenges due to the unstable structure of ruins and successive aftershocks. Most of the current rescue robots lack the ability to interact with environments, leading to low rescue efficiency. The multimodal electronic skin (e-skin) proposed not only reproduces the pressure, temperature, and humidity sensing capabilities of natural skin but also develops sensing functions beyond it—perceiving object proximity and NO2 gas. Its multilayer stacked structure based on Ecoflex and organohydrogel endows the e-skin with mechanical properties similar to natural skin. Rescue robots integrated with multimodal e-skin and artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms show strong environmental perception capabilities and can accurately distinguish objects and identify human limbs through grasping, laying the foundation for automated post-earthquake rescue. Besides, the combination of e-skin and NO2 wireless alarm circuits allows robots to sense toxic gases in the environment in real time, thereby adopting appropriate measures to protect trapped people from the toxic environment. Multimodal e-skin powered by AI algorithms and hardware circuits exhibits powerful environmental perception and information processing capabilities, which, as an interface for interaction with the physical world, dramatically expands intelligent robots’ application scenarios.