抄録
Because of sensory neuropathy in the sole of the diabetic foot, it is difficult to notice injuries such as being hit by a nail or a pebble. Co-occurrence of wounds leads to foot ulcers and gangrene, and when the sole becomes gangrenous, the lower limb must be amputated. To avoid the occurrence of foot ulcers, one solution is to support sensory functions by covering the entire sole with electrical skin that has tactile functions. This study proposes a self-powered stretchable electrical skin (eee-skin) with tactile function. The results of contact detection experiments confirmed that the output voltage increases with increasing elongation rate, and a maximum output voltage of approximately 0.6 V was obtained at an elongation rate of 10% and a contact of approximately 0.5 N.
