A Bioinspired Robotic Finger for Multimodal Tactile Sensing Powered by Fiber Optic Sensors

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Bioinspired Robotic Fingers In article number 2400175, Juntian Qu and co-workers report a bio-inspired robotic finger for multi-modal tactile sensing. Inspired by the tactile perception mechanisms of various organisms, this work integrates distributed fiber optic sensing technology to propose a multimodal tactile sensing soft robotic finger with bio-inspired whisker and hair-like structures. It can perceive various parameters such as touch state, contact force, surface roughness, object hardness, and contact position. Additionally, it is capable of dexterously and non-destructively grasping fragile objects and underwater transparent objects.