Integrated Sensitive Skin with Advanced Data Architecture

这项工作的主要目标是研究关键的发展问题，以实现一个称为人工敏感皮肤的二维传感器网络，该网络具有嵌入式集成传感器和分布式信号处理网络。具体技术目标总结如下。在集成传感器领域，PI计划开发高效的微加工技术，以实现具有潜在高集成密度的模块化传感器。多个分布式传感器的“皮肤”的好处只能通过信号处理架构和算法的开发和实现来实现。一个基于尺度的分布式信号处理架构将开发和实现两种传感器应用-触觉传感和流量传感。集成电路需要在传感器结构中可能有限和局部的电源下实现。PI建议开发低功耗技术，以提高敏感皮肤应用的能源效率，并演示分布式误差/噪声容忍技术。

The primary objective of the proposed work is to investigate critical development issues to enable a two-dimensional sensor network called an artificial sensitive skin, with embedded integrated sensors and distributed signal-processing network. Specific technical objectives are summarized as follows. In the area of integrated sensors, the PI plans to develop efficient microfabrication technology to enable modular sensors with potentially high integration density. The benefit of a "skin" of multiple, distributed sensors can only be realized through the development and Implementation of signal processing architecture and algorithms. A scale-based distributed signal processing architecture will be developed and implemented for two sensor applications - tactile sensing and flow sensing. Integrated circuits need to be implemented under potentially limited and localized power supply in the sensor fabric. The PI proposes to develop low-power techniques for improving the energy efficiency of sensitive skin applications and demonstrate distributed error/noise tolerance techniques.