Proposal of tactile sensor development based on tissue engineering

The development of modern technologies, touch and/or tactile sensors have been well-developed, exploring various possible methods of transduction and available in many commercial products. The demand for more friendly and safe products, such as household robots, is growing up day by day. But the issues of tactile sensors such as wiring and robustness still remain. By researching human mechanoreceptors, we got an idea of a novel type of tactile sensor based on tissue engineering, which is expected to provide some solutions for those issues. In this paper, we propose the basic concept of tactile sensor based on tissue engineering and the hypotheses of approaching methods.