Researchers create most human-like robot skin yet A hydrogel-based hand was poked, prodded, burned, and slashed to help robots 'feel.' Mack DeGeurin Jun 12, 2025 5:06 PM EDT ...

A new synthetic “skin” gives robots the human touch. The low-cost, durable and highly-sensitive material can be added to robotic hands just like a glove, say scientists. It enables automatons ...

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"The goal from the beginning has been to create a prosthetic hand that we model based on the human hand's physical and sensing capabilities—a more natural prosthetic that functions and feels like a ...

Although the robotic skin is not as sensitive as human skin, it can detect signals from over 860,000 tiny pathways in the material, enabling it to recognise different types of touch and pressure ...

Now that they can successfully do so, however, “living skin can bring a range of new abilities to robots.” [Related: Watch a robot hand only use its ‘skin’ to feel and grab objects.] ...

A new smart skin developed at Stanford University might foretell a day when people type on invisible keyboards, identify objects by touch alone, or allow users to communicate by hand gestures with ...

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The innovative skin is made of a soft, conductive gelatine-based hydrogel, shaped into complex forms like a human hand. Unlike traditional sensors, the skin functions as a single sensor that can ...