Tender touch of robot: scientists to create electronic skin
Tender touch of robot: scientists to create electronic skin
Sensor could give a robot tactile sensitivity comparable to that of human fingers, according to ABC.
Robots equipped with such sensors could be used in minimally invasive surgery, Earth times.org reports.
The new sensor is an electroluminescent film that glows in response to pressure and texture.
When an object is pressed into the film, the light from the film is captured by a specialised camera and translated into a picture, Reuters reports.
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