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Canadian scientists have designed and fabricated a very-stretchy, transparent and self-powering type of sensor that can measure the sensations of human skin. The sensor...
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The research comes from the Technical University of Munich, and demonstrates how sensitive synthetic skin can assist robots with sensing their own bodies and...
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Researchers based at Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne are constructing a soft artificial skin, designed to give haptic (any form of interaction involving touch)...
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The enhanced sensitivity comes via sensor which has been built to copy the sensing properties of skin to touch and to temperature. The sensor...
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In recent years there have been several advances with electronic skin technology. Skins are being developed for medical applications and for robots, with the...
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Hydrogels are gelatin-like polymer materials. The material can be stretched and is highly absorbent. A hydrogel is a so-called “smart material” that can change...
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The release notes that this could be very good news for amputees with prosthetic limbs — they may actually be able to once again...