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    Artificial skin could give robots a sense of touch similar to humans
    Joseph Shavit
    • May 4

    Artificial skin could give robots a sense of touch similar to humans

    One of many special human qualities is the ability to handle objects with skill and precision. This is all down to our sense of touch.
    3D printed fingertip ‘feels’ like human skin
    Joseph Shavit
    • Apr 10

    3D printed fingertip ‘feels’ like human skin

    Machines can beat the world’s best chess player, but they cannot handle a chess piece as well as an infant due to a lack of robot dexterity.
    How to get from A to B without harming the planet? Carbon calculator is a gamechanger
    Joseph Shavit
    • Apr 10

    How to get from A to B without harming the planet? Carbon calculator is a gamechanger

    The clever tool shows journey options between two places, including their costs, estimated times and, crucially, environmental impact.
    Electronic skin that can feel in real time just like humans do
    Joseph Shavit
    • Feb 26

    Electronic skin that can feel in real time just like humans do

    It is paramount for electric skin – being developed for artificial skin – to be capable of reacting to the external environment in real time
    Gamechanging armband helps users of prosthetic hands to ‘get a grip’
    Joseph Shavit
    • Feb 14

    Gamechanging armband helps users of prosthetic hands to ‘get a grip’

    Researchers design first-of-its-kind multichannel soft robotic armband that conveys artificial sensations of touch.

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