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Carbon Nanotube-Enhanced Liquid Metal Composite Ink for Strain Sensing and Digital Recognition

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Skin-Mountable and Self-Healable Hydrogel for Strain Sensing

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All‐Fiber‐Type Temperature Sensor Powered by Zinc‐Ion Battery toward Wearable Sensing Clothes for Health Monitoring

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Single-Component Elastic Biocarbon Aerogel with Reversibly Mechanotunable Electrical and Thermal Conductivities for Dual-Mode Pressure–Temperature Sensing

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Self-Adhesive, Highly Linear Flexible Strain Sensor Designed Using the Thermal Response Countermeasure Principle for a Wide Temperature Domain

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Flexible multimodal sensors for sign language recognition and real-time hazard perception

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Rigid-flexible synergy dual-gradient microwrinkled strain sensor for machine learning-assisted wearable technology

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Abrasion-Aware Learning and Ridge Reshaping for Sustaining Performance in Tactile Sensors With Fingerprint-Like Ridges

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Design, Fabrication, and Application of Large-Area Flexible Pressure and Strain Sensor Arrays: A Review

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Flexible Temperature Sensor with Wide Sensing Range and Fast Response Enabled by PEDOT:PSS/CNT and Thermal Management Encapsulation

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From Passive Filling to Active Energy Dissipation: Evolution, Mechanisms, and Application Prospects of Impact Absorption and Damping Coatings in Modern Sports Protective Gear

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Modular designed ultra-thin flexible sensor patch with multifunctional sensing capabilities for airflow measurement

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A flexible intelligent sensor for patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

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Flexible Bifunctional Proximity-Pressure Sensor Based on EGaIn/Silicon Dioxide/PDMS Nanocomposites for Human–Machine Interaction Applications

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Bioinspired High-Sensitivity Temperature Sensor for Rapid and Autonomous Early Warning of Abnormal High Temperatures

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Design of 3-D force-temperature tactile sensor and force decoupling method based on edge magnetic field

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Robust bionic distributed multimodal flexible sensor for extreme-condition sensing and intelligent operation

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Efficient electromechanical conversion regulation to enhance the sensitivity of flexible strain sensors

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A flexible self-powered multimodal sensor with low-coupling temperature, pressure and humidity detecting for physiological monitoring and human-robot collaboration

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All-screen-printed tactile sensor for robotic arm via polymeric thermal foaming

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Flexible Sensor‐Based Human–Machine Interfaces with AI Integration for Medical Robotics

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High-performance pressure and humidity dual-mode sensor based on Thiol-ene/isocyanate dual click reaction and 3D printing technology

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Deep-Learning-Based Analysis of Electronic Skin Sensing Data

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Micro-electro-mechanical system sensors in robotic perception and control

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Highly integrated soft stress-temperature dual-mode sensor array based on impedance-modulated signal

Yebo Tao, Tingting Yu, Zenan Hu and Jiayi Yang

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