US Patent Issued to Touchlab on Feb. 4 for "Compliant tri-axial force sensor and method of fabricating the same" (British Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,216,017, issued on Feb. 4, was assigned to Touchlab Ltd. (Edinburgh, Great Britain).

"Compliant tri-axial force sensor and method of fabricating the same" was invented by Zakareya Hussein (Edinburgh, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A compliant tri-axial force sensor is disclosed that may be incorporated into soft robots or electronic skin. The sensor comprises a first electrode layer including column electrodes in a first orientation; a second electrode layer including column electrodes in a second orientation that is orthogonal to the first orientation; a force-dependent active layer provided between the first electrode laye...