• Nano-Micro Letters
  • Vol. 16, Issue 1, 256 (2024)
Jianye Li1,6, Hao Wang1, Yibing Luo1, Zijing Zhou1..., He Zhang7, Huizhi Chen9,10, Kai Tao2,3,*, Chuan Liu1, Lingxing Zeng11, Fengwei Huo4,5,** and Jin Wu1,6,7,8,***|Show fewer author(s)
Author Affiliations
  • 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
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    DOI: 10.1007/s40820-024-01466-6 Cite this Article
    Jianye Li, Hao Wang, Yibing Luo, Zijing Zhou, He Zhang, Huizhi Chen, Kai Tao, Chuan Liu, Lingxing Zeng, Fengwei Huo, Jin Wu. Design of AI-Enhanced and Hardware-Supported Multimodal E-Skin for Environmental Object Recognition and Wireless Toxic Gas Alarm[J]. Nano-Micro Letters, 2024, 16(1): 256 Copy Citation Text show less

    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.
    Jianye Li, Hao Wang, Yibing Luo, Zijing Zhou, He Zhang, Huizhi Chen, Kai Tao, Chuan Liu, Lingxing Zeng, Fengwei Huo, Jin Wu. Design of AI-Enhanced and Hardware-Supported Multimodal E-Skin for Environmental Object Recognition and Wireless Toxic Gas Alarm[J]. Nano-Micro Letters, 2024, 16(1): 256
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