Stanford engineers have created a plastic skin-like material that can detect pressure and deliver a Morse code-like signal directly to a living brain cell. The work takes a big step toward a... Read more
This new technique grows graphene 100 times faster than conventional methods, reduces costs by 99 % and has enhanced electronic quality. A pioneering new technique to produce high-quality, l... Read more
This important scientific breakthrough, developed by the University of Granada, will aid the immediate use of artificially-grown skin for major burn patients, since the skin could be stored... Read more
If scientists learn how to attach e-skin to prosthetic limbs, people with amputations might once again be able to feel changes in their environments. Using tiny gold particles and a kind of... Read more
Robots could become a lot more ‘sensitive’ thanks to new artificial skins and sensor technologies developed by European scientists. Leading to better robotic platforms that could... Read more
Engineers combine layers of flexible materials into pressure sensors to create a wearable heart monitor thinner than a dollar bill. The skin-like device could one day provide doctors with a... Read more
Future applications might include robots that can interact with their surroundings with a much softer touch, even performing surgery. Using industry-standard manufacturing technology, resear... Read more
The “uncanny valley” is one of the frustrating paradoxes of robotics. Every year, roboticists make humanoid robots that more accurately imitate human beings, but it turns out that the better... Read more
A holy grail in robotics Sooner than later, robots may have the ability to “feel.” In a paper published online March 26 in Advanced Functional Materials, a team of researchers fr... Read more
Providing robots with sensory inputs is one of the keys to the development of more capable and useful machines. Sight and hearing are the most common senses bestowed upon our mechanical frie... Read more
Last September we covered a story about a pressure-sensitive artificial skin developed at Stanford University that is so sensitive it can “feel” the weight of a butterfly. As par... Read more
Using a process described as “a lint roller in reverse,” engineers from the University of California, Berkeley, have created a pressure-sensitive electronic artificial skin from semiconducto... Read more