Quote from: Brother Mythos on November 10, 2023, 07:22:50 AM
"Engineers develop breakthrough 'robot skin'"
As per the article:
"Smart, stretchable and highly sensitive, a new soft sensor developed by UBC and Honda researchers opens the door to a wide range of applications in robotics and prosthetics.
When applied to the surface of a prosthetic arm or a robotic limb, the sensor skin provides touch sensitivity and dexterity, enabling tasks that can be difficult for machines such as picking up a piece of soft fruit. The sensor is also soft to the touch, like human skin, which helps make human interactions safer and more lifelike."
So, this is a second group that's also developing 'robot skin.'
Here's the link: https://techxplore.com/news/2023-10-breakthrough-robot-skin.html
My wife and I were just talking about this, not the development but the need for it. A popular use for robots is as caregivers for the elderly or disabled and one of the things that all humans need, that the elderly and disabled often only get from their human caretakers, is touch. Robots with humanlike skin could fill that need although I maintain that they would also need to exude pheremones.