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Thin skin will help robots 'feel'
BBC News ^
| 08-15-05
| WestVirginiaRebel
Posted on 08/15/2005 4:08:20 PM PDT by WestVirginiaRebel
Japanese researchers have developed a flexible artificial skin that could give robots a humanlike sense of touch.
The team manufactured a type of "skin" capable of sensing pressure and another capable of sensing temperature.
These are supple enough to wrap around robot fingers and relatively cheap to make, the researchers have claimed.
(Excerpt) Read more at news.bbc.co.uk ...
TOPICS: Culture/Society; Japan
KEYWORDS: robotics; science
Bring 'em on...
To: WestVirginiaRebel
When robots look like that, every single teen male on the planet will aspire for a Masters Degree in Computer Programming.
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posted on
08/15/2005 4:13:07 PM PDT
by
Psycho_Bunny
(Every evil which liberals imagine Judaism and Christianity to be, islam is.)
To: Psycho_Bunny
There once was a hacker named Ken
Who inherited truckloads of yen.
So he built him some chicks
Out of silicon chips,
And he hasn't been heard from since then.
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posted on
08/15/2005 4:18:25 PM PDT
by
Prime Choice
(E=mc^3. Don't drink and derive.)
To: WestVirginiaRebel
Most importantly this could give artifical limbs valuable feedback for the brain. I keep thinking of Luke Skywalker at the end of Empire Strikes Back getting his new hand.
To: Names Ash Housewares
Imagine...a fake chick with real boobs, instead of the other way 'round...
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posted on
08/15/2005 4:28:47 PM PDT
by
WestVirginiaRebel
(Carnac: A siren, a baby and a liberal. Answer: Name three things that whine.)
To: Psycho_Bunny
When robots look like that, every single teen male on the planet will aspire for a Masters Degree in Computer Programming.
Not just the teen aged ones.
Now where is my copy of Cybernetic Engineering for Idiots?
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posted on
08/15/2005 4:41:46 PM PDT
by
Dr.Zoidberg
(Join islam, see the world. Blow up unrepentant infidels. Uncle Bin Laden wants you.)
To: WestVirginiaRebel
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posted on
08/15/2005 4:44:47 PM PDT
by
Fiddlstix
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To: WestVirginiaRebel
Hope the 'bots are friendly...
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posted on
08/15/2005 5:15:28 PM PDT
by
GoldCountryRedneck
("A Liberal with a cause is far more dangerous than a Hell's Angel with an attitude." - - Unknown)
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