Fundamental Study of Robot Skin Sensor Fabrication Method Based on Piezoelectric Material Spraying Technique

Abstract

In this paper, we propose a novel method to form a robot skin sensor by a piezoelectric material spraying technique. By spraying piezoelectric material and a pattern of electrodes, the robot skin is fabricated on a robot with 3D free form. We describe our method briefly, then report two fundamental experiments. According to the results, we confirm that a tactile sensor fabricated by our proposed method is applied for a robot skin sensor.