EPFL researchers have developed a customizable soft robotic system that uses compressed air to produce shape changes, ...

Previous researches, in the field of robot assisted therapy, suggested that communications with robots encourage autistic children to have more positive reaction to the robots' behavior, and this ...

Geoffrey Hinton, the "Godfather of AI," warns that AI could surpass humans in most tasks, leading to mass job loss and ...

Finally DreamWorks' The Wild Robot has reached the UK and with it my early reservations from first impressions of the trailers can be put to rest. Whilst I assumed it would be good, and artsy and ...

According to a study published in Science Robotics, scientists from the University of Cambridge and University College London (UCL) have developed a low-cost, durable, and highly sensitive robotic ...

To teach the robotic hand what each type of touch meant, the team tested the skin in a wide range of scenarios. They blasted it with a heat gun, gently tapped it, pressed it with a robotic arm ...

A new development in electronic skin technology could reshape how robots interact with the physical world. Scientists from the University of Cambridge and University College London have unveiled a ...

Robots are closer to having a sense of touch following the development of low-cost, durable, highly-sensitive robotic ‘skin’ by researchers at Cambridge University and University College London.

Finger-shaped tactile sensor advances robotic touch with multi-directional force detection and material identification. Apr 17, 2025. Sanding away hidden insulation results in more reliable method to ...

Unlike other solutions for robotic touch, which typically work via sensors embedded in small areas and require different sensors to detect different types of touch, the entirety of the electronic skin ...