Quantify the independent effects of durability-development variables

Quantify the individual contributions of film construction, interfacial preparation, environmental conditioning, and coating-solution preparation to the measured durability of the developed vision-based tactile sensors.

Background

The paper reports that changes in film construction, interfacial preparation, environmental conditioning, and coating-solution preparation were associated with substantial changes in measured durability during sensor development. However, these variables were not investigated independently, preventing attribution of the observed durability improvements to particular factors. A controlled factorial or otherwise isolated study is therefore needed to quantify their separate effects.

References

Not all of these variables were investigated independently, and their individual contributions therefore cannot be quantified from the present study.

— A Durable Vision-Based Tactile Fingertip for Robotic Manipulation  (2608.24242 - Cottrell et al., 25 Aug 2026) in Section 7, Discussion