A metallic robot hand with "Terminator"-like power sounds good for the movies. But what about a real-life future where that android is now cradling your baby or just shaking your hand? That's when ...

Loomia created its tactile sensing developer kit after surveying 100 engineers as part of the NSF I-Corps program.

Researchers from the University of Cambridge and University College London have developed a new type of responsive “ synthetic skin .” The skin is made from a single hydrogel that is capable of ...

The Tokyo team developed a new mechanism called “perforation-type anchors.” The human-like skin can extend V-shaped hooks into holes in the robot’s frame, allowing the artificial skin to ...

Scientists in Japan coated a robot in living skin, making it even more human-like. Are we almost at the time that it will be challenging to distinguish robots from humans? It seems like we're on the ...

Robot skin becomes reality: For lovable androids, or android police? 25 February 2011 ShinyJess Science, Tech Digest news. Share (Guest post from Shiny Shiny) In the Star Trek universe it was the Borg ...

The skin could also repel water, which expanded what tasks the robot could perform. When researchers used a robot with wet surface material, polystyrene foam beads stuck to it, according to the study.

Roboticists from the University of Tokyo have taken a tiny step toward creating the Terminator. They’ve built an articulated robot finger that’s seamlessly covered in living human skin.

Robots are often covered in a material made to resemble flesh, such as silicone, which is attached via an adhesive or fastening — but this can lead to the skin falling off or breaking, says Wang.

A metallic robot hand with "Terminator"-like power sounds good for the movies. But what about a real-life future where that android is now cradling your baby or just shaking your hand?

Electronic skin may be the answer, as it could give such robots (and even prosthetic limbs) the ability to sense how forceful their handshakes and cradles are when interacting with humans. A new ...