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  • Materials Science
  • Smart Building Technology
  • Sensor Technology

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  • Floors are highly interactive surfaces in buildings, crucial for smart-building digital twins.
  • Triboelectric nanogenerators offer potential for self-powered floor sensors but need improved stability and multimodality.
  • Existing floor sensing technologies lack comprehensive data capture and reliability for advanced applications.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop a multimodal intelligent flooring system for enhanced human-building interaction and data collection.
  • To integrate triboelectric nanogenerators for self-powered sensing and energy harvesting.
  • To improve the stability, reliability, and sensing capabilities of floor-based sensor systems.

Main Methods:

  • Implementation of a 4x4 floor array incorporating hybrid triboelectric pressure sensors and top-surface material sensors.
  • Utilization of an advanced output-ratio method with minimalist channels for environmental insensitivity.
  • Co-design of energy harvesting with pressure sensors for powering smart-building nodes.

Main Results:

  • Achieved linear and enhanced sensitivity across a wide pressure range (0-800 N) with material recognition.
  • Developed an output-ratio method ensuring insensitivity to environmental factors like humidity and temperature.
  • Demonstrated multimodal sensing (position, pressure, material, identity, activity) and energy harvesting capabilities.

Conclusions:

  • The multimodal intelligent flooring system significantly expands floor sensing applications in smart buildings.
  • The system enables advanced human-machine interactions, smart-sport applications, and efficient energy harvesting.
  • This technology enhances the functionality and data acquisition potential of smart building environments.