A low-voltage-driven, neuromorphic sensorimotor loop for monolithic soft prosthetic e-skin

Artificial skin with tactile perceptions is anticipated to play a pivotal role in next-generation robotic and medical devices. The primary challenge lies in creating a biomimetic system that seamlessly integrates with the human body and biological systems. The authors have developed an electronic skin (e-skin) that imitates the biological sensorimotor loop through medium-scale circuit integration, boasting low power consumption and solid-state synaptic transistors. Artificial skin with tactile perceptions is anticipated to play a pivotal role in next-generation robotic and medical devices. However, achieving such an e-skin systems that seamlessly integrates with the human body and biological systems remains a challenge. Bao's group has successfully fabricated a monolithic soft prosthetic e-skin without rigid electronic components through rational material design and device engineering.image