Robots are starting to flinch. New generations of electronic skin can register heat, pressure and even damaging force, then trigger lightning-fast reflexes that look less like code and more like ...

Working beside a metal humanoid robot would probably make you watch every step it takes. After all, a collision between a heavy robot and a human body will usually end worse for the person. Italian ...

A group of researchers at Cornell University have developed an electroluminescent synthetic skin that can be stretched up to six times its original size while still emitting multicolored lights. They ...

Humanoid robots are starting to gain something that once belonged firmly in the realm of science fiction: a sense of pain. Chinese researchers have built a neuromorphic electronic skin that lets ...

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New Delhi: Scientists in China have developed an “electronic skin” that allows robots to not only sense touch but also feel pain. Developed under the leadership of engineer Yuyu Gao of the City ...

Gene.01 is the new humanoid robot from Generative Bionics, featuring "smart skin" embedded with touch sensors and proximity sensors to unlock a new level of awareness in how it interacts with the ...