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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...

1 posted on 08/15/2005 4:08:22 PM PDT by WestVirginiaRebel
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To: WestVirginiaRebel
When robots look like that, every single teen male on the planet will aspire for a Masters Degree in Computer Programming.

 

2 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.)
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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.

3 posted on 08/15/2005 4:18:25 PM PDT by Prime Choice (E=mc^3. Don't drink and derive.)
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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.


4 posted on 08/15/2005 4:23:25 PM PDT by Names Ash Housewares
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To: Names Ash Housewares

Imagine...a fake chick with real boobs, instead of the other way 'round...


5 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.)
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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?
6 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.)
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To: WestVirginiaRebel

BTTT


7 posted on 08/15/2005 4:44:47 PM PDT by Fiddlstix (This Tagline for sale. (Presented by TagLines R US))
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To: WestVirginiaRebel
Hope the 'bots are friendly...


8 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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