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Revolutionary artificial skin gives robots human-like sensations
Scientists have created a flexible, jelly-like skin that lets robots sense touch, temperature, and even pain—almost like humans do.
This breakthrough uses a special sensor to turn these sensations into electronic signals, giving robots a much more lifelike sense of touch.
Responsive prosthetics and better robots
Researchers tested the skin by shaping it into a hand and collecting over 1.7 million data points for machine learning.
While the tech still has some kinks—like signal interference and durability—it could make future prosthetics way more responsive and help robots work better in fields like disaster relief or car manufacturing.
As Thomas George Thuruthel from University College London puts it, this new skin is ahead of anything else out there right now.