Robot Skin That Can Feel

Here is yet another development that will have you asking scientists “seriously, have you never seen The Terminator?” The good folks at Cyberdine - I mean Stanford researchers have developed a skin that could one day be used to cover and give tactile sensation to robots.

The new super-skin will give future android robots--which are coming to our homes and workplaces sooner than you may think--the ability to gather power from the sun at all times, have human-like touch sensitivity (which is vital if they're to be integrated into our lifestyles), and to have super-human chemical senses that make them very useful workplace assistants.

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