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Stretchable e-skin could give robots human-level touch sensitivity
Ray Choi
May 06, 2024
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A first-ever stretchy electronic skin could equip robots and other devices with the same softness and touch sensitivity as human skin, opening up new possibilities to perform tasks that require a great deal of precision and control of force.
The new stretchable e-skin, developed by researchers at The University of Texas at Austin, solves a major bottleneck in the emerging technology. Existing e-skin technology loses sensing accuracy as the material stretches, but that is not the case with this new version.
"Much like human skin has to stretch and bend to accommodate our movements, so too does e-skin," said Nanshu Lu, a professor in the Cockrell School of Engineering's Department of Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics who led the project. "No matter how much our e-skin stretches, the pressure response doesn't change, and that is a significant achievement."
The new research is published in Matter.
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Investors, beware: There's plenty of buzz around artificial intelligence. Like adding dot-com to their name in the 1990s, more and more companies are labeling themselves AI stocks. Firms like Nvidia (NVDA), Microsoft (MSFT), Alphabet (GOOGL), Apple (AAPL), Adobe (ADBE) and countless others across a range of industries certainly qualify. Even human-resources leader Workday (WDAY) has deeply embedded AI and machine learning into its platform.
Simply jumping on that bandwagon, many companies use older data analytics tools and simply label them as AI for a public-relations boost. Identifying which companies are really AI stocks and actually getting material revenue growth from artificial intelligence can be tricky.
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