Thursday, March 28, 2024

Rugged e-skin can heal its cuts and scrapes

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Scientists dream of prosthetics and robots with electronic skin that can convey heat and pressure just like the real thing, but theres a big problem getting in the way: the outside world. Bumps and scrapes can damage these sensors, and its not really practical to toss these skins in the trash when theyre no longer useful. UC Boulder researchers hope to fix that. Theyve developed an e-skin that can communicate temperature and pressure, but is both self-healing and fully recyclab…<...
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