Flexible capacitive and resistive pressure sensors are promising candidates due to their various artificial intelligent applications, human body physiological monitoring, medical diagnostic systems, human-machine interaction, and electronic skin. The key functional parameters and transduction mechanisms decide the performance and applications of any pressure sensors. In recent years, various reports on flexible pressure sensing devices with colossal improvement in the key parameters has been reported. In this review article, a brief introduction about working principle of the transduction mechanism, key parameters, and sensors functional materials is described. Later, a summary has been provided on the recent developments in the flexible pressure sensors with their key parameters, namely sensitivity, response time, and limit of pressure detection. A brief study about the various applications of the sensing devices in human motion, healthcare monitoring, human-machine interaction and electronic skin are also discussed. This review article will provide a innovative direction to the readers working in this field to improve the pressure sensor’s quality and to explore their applications.

柔性电容式和电阻式压力传感器因其在各种人工智能应用、人体生理监测、医疗诊断系统、人机交互和电子皮肤等方面的应用前景广阔。关键功能参数和转换机制决定了任何压力传感器的性能和应用。近年来，各种关于柔性压力传感装置的报道在关键参数上有了巨大的改进。在这篇综述文章中，简要介绍了转导机制的工作原理、关键参数和传感器功能材料。随后，总结了柔性压力传感器的最新发展及其关键参数，即灵敏度、响应时间和压力检测极限。还讨论了传感设备在人体运动、医疗保健监测、人机交互和电子皮肤中的各种应用的简要研究。这篇评论文章将为从事该领域工作的读者提供一个创新的方向，以提高压力传感器的质量并探索其应用。