Preface to the Special Issue on Flexible and Wearable Sensors for Robotics and Health

摘要

Flexible and wearable sensors that can acquire signals of pressure,temperature,optical input,chemical environment as well as human body physiological and biological parameters,are of critical importance for robotics and health,in which these sensors are hence in urgent demands.On the fundamental side,there are still substantial challenges on how to design and fabricate materials with biocompatibility,robustness and excellent mechanical flexibility,as well as to achieve sensor devices with high performance,low power consumption and good system integration capability.Meanwhile in practical applications,there are also obstacles on the integration of various kinds of sensors with flexible substrates,signal processing and power supply units.With the fast development of Internet of Things(IoT),smart sensors will as well be interconnected to form sensor networks,providing big data for our future intelligent living.All these would deliver a profound socioeconomic impact to our society.