Robots are starting to flinch. New generations of electronic skin can register heat, pressure and even damaging force, then ...
Humanoid robots are starting to gain something that once belonged firmly in the realm of science fiction: a sense of pain.
Chinese researchers have developed a novel "e-skin" that allows robots to mimic our ability to touch and feel pain.
Human skin transmits sensory information as electrical pulses, or spikes, that encode signals related to pressure and pain. NRE-skin mimics this biological process by converting pressure ...
Scientists in Hong Kong have created an advanced electronic skin that enables robots to sense touch and respond to pain in a ...