Thin skin will help robots ‘feel’

Scott | Uncategorized | Tuesday, August 16th, 2005

Yay! We’re that much close to scary robots that look like people!

(via news.bbc.co.uk)

Robot Skin

Japanese researchers have developed a flexible artificial skin that could give robots a humanlike sense of touch.

The team manufactured a type of “skin” capable of sensing pressure and another capable of sensing temperature.

These are supple enough to wrap around robot fingers and relatively cheap to make, the researchers have claimed.

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