Abstract
Soft stretchable sensor exterior has possibility to enable robots to conduct natural and safe behaviors using whole-body tactile sensing. Although some soft stretchable sensor using electro-conductive strings have been studied so far, knitted structures used in their studies are simple and limited one. Therefore, we tested more stretchable and sensitive sensor structure using electro-conductive yarn. Furthermore, band-type stretchable sensor exterior is prototyped and evaluated by putting it on an actual robot's arm.
