Energy Generating Electronic Skin with Intrinsic Tactile Sensing without Touch Sensors

Electronic skin (eSkin) with various types of sensors over large conformable substrates has received considerable interest in robotics. The continuous operation of large number of sensors and the readout electronics make it challenging to meet the energy requirements of eSkin. This video shows the first energy generating eSkin with intrinsic tactile sensing without any touch sensor. The eSkin comprises a distributed array of miniaturized solar cells and infrared light emitting diodes (IRLEDs) on soft elasto