Application of Tactile Sensors in Biomedical Engineering

Dear Colleagues,

Tactile sensors are devices that can sense through physical contact, measuring objects, such as temperature, vibration, softness, stiffness, texture, shape, composition, shear force, and force in general. This process was discovered in the 1980s, in the same decade that people gradually realized the importance of tactile sensors in the field of computers and robotics, especially in the field of medical robotics. Tactile sensors are already being used in various robotic surgical tools to improve doctors' ability to sense and touch tissues and organs during minimally invasive procedures. So, tactile sensors are becoming more and more popular to use in the medical field. Tactile sensing has been incorporated into sensing technologies, such as piezoresistive, capacitive, piezoelectric, and triboelectric, and has the advantages of high performance, low cost, time saving, and easy fabrication. Therefore, tactile sensing systems are mature enough to be integrated into several fields related to biomedical engineering. This Special Issue collects the research and progress of tactile sensors and their applications in the field of medicine and biology.

Prof. Dr. Olof Anton Lindahl
Guest Editor

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• flexible electronics
• healthcare applications
• disease diagnosis
• tactile sensors and other sensor applications
• robotics and biomedical engineering