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A Biomimetic Artificial Neuron Matrix System Based on Carbon Nanotubes for Tactile Sensing of e-Skin

인공촉각과 피부를 위한 탄소나노튜브 기반 생체 모방형 신경 개발

  • 김종민 (부경대학교 메카트로닉스공학과) ;
  • 김진호 (한국해양연구원 해양시스템 연구부) ;
  • 차주영 (한국기계연구원) ;
  • 김성용 (부경대학교 메카트로닉스공학과) ;
  • 강인필 (부경대학교 기계자동차공학과)
  • Received : 2011.11.15
  • Accepted : 2011.12.20
  • Published : 2012.03.01
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Abstract

In this study, a carbon nanotube (CNT) flexible strain sensor was fabricated with CNT based epoxy and rubber composites for tactile sensing. The flexible strain sensor can be fabricated as a long fibrous sensor and it also may be able to measure large deformation and contact information on a structure. The long and flexible sensor can be considered to be a continuous sensor like a dendrite of a neuron in the human body and we named the sensor as a biomimetic artificial neuron. For the application of the neuron in biomimetic engineering, an ANMS (Artificial Neuron Matrix System) was developed by means of the array of the neurons with a signal processing system. Moreover, a strain positioning algorithm was also developed to find localized tactile information of the ANMS with Labview for the application of an artificial e-skin.

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