skinsensing
Skin sensing, sometimes written as skinsensing, refers to the ability to detect and interpret stimuli through the skin. In biology, the skin hosts specialized receptors that transduce mechanical, thermal, and chemical stimuli into electrical signals. The tactile system responds to pressure, vibration, and texture; the cutaneous thermosensory system detects warmth and cold; nociception signals potentially damaging stimuli.
Receptors and pathways: Mechanoreceptors in the skin include Merkel discs, Meissner corpuscles, Ruffini endings, and Pacinian
Skin sensing in technology: Artificial skin or e-skin refers to flexible sensor arrays that imitate skin’s tactile
Challenges and outlook: Key issues involve durability under repetitive deformation, waterproofing, biocompatibility for implanted systems, power