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Robot skin can feel touch and pain, and that changes everything

Robots are starting to flinch. New generations of electronic skin can register heat, pressure and even damaging force, then ...

Scientists Give Robots Skin With Pain Sensations And Human-Like Reflexes

Robot skin that senses touch and pain — and triggers instant reflexes — makes robots more like humans. It probably also makes ...
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China develops neuromorphic e-skin that lets humanoid robots sense pain and react

Researchers in China built a neuromorphic robotic skin that lets humanoid robots sense pain and react instantly to harm.
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Robot threats trigger worry responses in rats, mapping brain’s anxiety process

A study revealed that rats form mental maps of locations associated with threats and revisit these places in their minds when showing signs of anxiety. The research done by a team at the University of ...

Robots can feel pain soon? New electronic skin brings human-like reflexes closer to reality

Scientists in Hong Kong have created an advanced electronic skin that enables robots to sense touch and respond to pain in a ...

Robots that feel pain? New E-skin mimics human reflexes, pushing empathetic humanoids closer

Researchers in Hong Kong have developed a neuromorphic electronic skin that allows humanoid robots to sense touch, detect ...
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Hotel Robots Trigger Mixed Feelings of Joy and Fear — New Study

Joy, fear and sadness: these are just some of the emotions hotel guests feel when they encounter a customer services robot during their hotel stay. That’s according to researchers who extracted a ...
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Artificial skin brings reflex-like sensing to robots

Researchers at the City University of Hong Kong have developed an artificial skin that mimics key functions of the human nervous system, marking a step towards robots that can feel touch, detect ...