Dec 2, 2020
Energy-generating synthetic skin for affordable prosthetic limbs and touch-sensitive robots
Posted by Saúl Morales Rodriguéz in categories: biotech/medical, cyborgs, robotics/AI, solar power
A new type of energy-generating synthetic skin could create more affordable prosthetic limbs and robots capable of mimicking the sense of touch, scientists say.
In an early-view paper published in the journal IEEE Transactions on Robotics, researchers from the University of Glasgow describe how a robotic hand wrapped in their flexible solar skin is capable of interacting with objects without using dedicated and expensive touch sensors.