Researchers in Hong Kong have taken a significant step towards safer and more responsive humanoid robots by developing an electronic skin that can feel touch and react to pain in a human-like way.
Artificial skin inspired by human nerves
A team at the City University of Hong Kong, led by engineer Yuyu Gao, has created a rel=”nofollow” href=”https://www.pnas.org/doi/full/10.1073/pnas.2520922122″ target=”_blank” class=”backlink” data-vars-page-type=”story” data-vars-link-type=”Manual” data-vars-anchor-text=”neuromorphic robotic skin”>neuromorphic robotic skin designed to mirror how the human nervous system processes touch and pain. The technology, described in a paper published in the journal PNAS, allows robots to sense contact, recognise potentially damaging force…
