New Flexible and Highly Reliable Sensor

Real-time health monitoring and sensing abilities of robots require soft electronics, but a challenge of using such materials lies in their reliability. Being elastic and pliable makes their performance less repeatable. The variation in reliability is known as hysteresis. Guided by the theory of contact mechanics, a team of researchers from NUS came up with a new sensor material that has significantly less hysteresis. This ability enables more accurate wearable health technology and robotic sensing.