Enhancing Sensitivity across Scales with Highly Sensitive Hall Effect-Based Auxetic Tactile Sensors

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The research addresses the limitations inherent in conventional Hall effect-based tactile sensors, particularly their restricted sensitivity by introducing an innovative metastructure. Through meticulous finite element analysis optimization, the Hall effect-based auxetic tactile sensor (HEATS), featuring a rotating square plate configuration as the most effective auxetic pattern to enhance sensitivity, is developed. Experimental validation demonstrates significant sensitivity enhancements across a wide sensing range. HEATS exhibits a remarkable 20-fold and 10-fold improvement at tensile rates of 0.9% and 30%, respectively, compared to non-auxetic sensors. Furthermore, comprehensive testing demonstrates HEATS' exceptional precision in detecting various tactile stimuli, including muscle movements and joint angles. With its unparalleled accuracy and adaptability, HEATS offers vast potential applications in human-machine and human-robot interaction, where subtle tactile communication is a prerequisite. Herein, a tactile sensor based on hall-effect sensors with an auxetic structure, called Hall effect-based auxetic tactile sensor (HEATS), is proposed. The change in magnetism resulting from the deformation of the auxetic structure is utilized for sensing. The focus is on improving sensitivity, demonstrating performance enhancement compared to non-auxetic sensors.image (c) 2024 WILEY-VCH GmbH

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