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Gradient-interlayer–based flexible pressure sensors for high-performance robotic perception

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Embodied robot learning — abstract watchMingyuan Sun, G L, Shuai Dong, Erlong Wang, Shi‐Yang Tang, Xuanhan Chen, Yipu Guo, Xiaoqin Sun, et al.October 23, 2026
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Tactile perception systems based on flexible pressure sensors are indispensable for humanoid robots to perform dexterous manipulation, compliant interaction, and operation in visually challenging environments. Although strategies relying on surface or spatial microstructure engineering have improved sensor performance, the long-standing trade-off among sensitivity, sensing range, and linearity continues to hinder their practical deployment. Inspired by the gradient distribution of mechanoreceptors in human fingertip skin, we report a gradient-interlayer–based flexible iontronic pressure sensor

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