Review Article

A Review of Artificial Lateral Line in Sensor Fabrication and Bionic Applications for Robot Fish

Table 1

Summary of piezoresistive ALL sensors.

AuthorSizeSensitivity Other parameters

Fan et al. [8]In-plane cantilever: 1100 μm (l), 180 μm (w), 17 μm (t)
Vertical cilium: 820 μm (h), 100 μm (w), 10 μm (t)
100 mm s−1Hair method: PDMA

Yang et al. [10, 32, 33]Beam cilium: 2 μm (t), 40 μm (w), 100 μm (l)
Cilium: 80 μm (d), 500 μm (h)
0.1 mm s−1Hair method: PDMA
Deflection: 55°

McConney et al. ‎[11]Microfabricated hair: 550 μm (l), 100 μm (d)
Total height: 825 μm
75 μm s−1Hair method: photopolymerization

Qualtieri et al. ‎[12]Cantilever: 100 μm (w), 200 μm to 600 μm (l)
Piezoresistor: 50 μm
Not availableHair method: micromachining

Yaul et al. [15, 34]10 mm (d), 1 mm (t)Not availablePressure resolution: 1.5 Pa

Fernandez et al. ‎[13]Diaphragm size: ~1 mm
Spacing: ~1 mm
Thickness: ~1 mm
1 μV/Pa (10 V)Pressure resolution: 1 Pa

Kottapalli et al. ‎[14]330 μm (t), 2 mm (d)14.3 μV/Pa (pressure)
90.5 mV/ms−1 (velocity)
Flow resolution: 25 mm s−1

l: length; w: width; t: thickness; d: diameter; h: height.