Abstract
In the series of studies on new types of elastic and compressible artificial skins with hybrid sensing functions, photovoltaics, and battery, we have proposed a hybrid skin (H-Skin) by utilizing an electrolytically polymerized magnetic compound fluid (MCF) made of natural rubber latex (NR-latex). By using the experimental results in the first and second reports, we have clarified the feasibility of electric charge at irradiation, and that without illumination under compression and elongation. The former was explained in a wet-type MCF rubber solar cell by developing a tunneling theory together with an equivalent electric circuit model. The latter corresponds to the battery rather than to the solar cell. As for the MCF rubber battery, depending on the selected agent type, we can make the MCF rubber have higher electricity and lighter weight. Therefore, the MCF rubber has an electric charge and storage whether at irradiation or not.
Highlights
Artificial skin will be required more in the future as a substitute for human skin and as a part of the humanoid exterior of robots
In order to make the rubber utilized in batteries and solar cells more sensitive, as described above, we have proposed a lightweight hybrid skin (H-Skin) integrated with multiple functionalities of flexibility, elasticity, and compressibility, photovoltaics, and high sensing modalities for force and temperature for artificial human skin, humanoid skin, or the outer layer of robot skin in the first report [17]
We have investigated temperature susceptibility and challenged the sensing of various bodily surfaces related to shearing motion by dry-type magnetic compound fluid (MCF) rubber, as shown in Appendix A, before the series of these present three reports
Summary
Artificial skin will be required more in the future as a substitute for human skin and as a part of the humanoid exterior of robots. In order to make the rubber utilized in batteries and solar cells more sensitive, as described above, we have proposed a lightweight hybrid skin (H-Skin) integrated with multiple functionalities of flexibility, elasticity, and compressibility, photovoltaics, and high sensing modalities for force and temperature for artificial human skin, humanoid skin, or the outer layer of robot skin in the first report [17] On this subject, we have investigated temperature susceptibility and challenged the sensing of various bodily surfaces related to shearing motion by dry-type magnetic compound fluid (MCF) rubber, as shown in Appendix A, before the series of these present three reports.
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