Posted on 06/05/2022 8:00:43 AM PDT by BenLurkin
The scientists behind the invention say a mechanical hand fitted with the smart skin showed a remarkable ability to learn to react to external stimuli such as a jab in the palm.
It uses a new type of processing system based on 'synaptic transistors, which mimics the brain's neural pathways in order to learn' to feel pain.
Experts have been working for decades to build artificial skin with touch sensitivity, with one widely-explored method featuring an array of contact sensors across an electronic skin's surface to allow it detect when it comes into contact with an object.
But these sensors typically produce a large volume of data that can take time to be properly processed by a computer and responded to, causing delays which would reduce the skin's potential effectiveness in real-world tasks.
A team of engineers from the University of Glasgow have now come up with a new prototype 'e-skin' which they believe is a big advancement in the area of touch-sensitive robotics.
They drew inspiration from how the human peripheral nervous system interprets signals from skin in order to eliminate the delays and power consumption of previous concepts
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