Thursday, April 25, 2024

Stretchable ‘skin’ gives robots the sense of touch

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Robots show a lot of promise as first responders, but they cant effectively dismantle bombs or perform delicate first aid procedures if they cant feel what theyre touching. To remedy that problem, a team of engineers from the University of Washington and UCLA have developed stretchable skin that can cover any part of a robot. The skin can give a machine the power to sense vibrations and shear force, or the unaligned forces that push one part of the body in one direction and another……
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