Liquid Metal Sensors and AI Help Prosthetic Hands to ‘Feel’

Researchers created a more natural feeling prosthetic hand interface by incorporating stretchable tactile sensors using liquid metal on the fingertips of a prosthetic hand. Encapsulated within silicone-based elastomers, this technology offers high conductivity, compliance, flexibility, and stretchability. This hierarchical multi-finger tactile sensation integration could provide a higher level of intelligence for artificial hands.