Japanese researchers have developed a flexible artificial skin that could give robots a humanlike sense of touch.

The team manufactured a type of "skin" capable of sensing pressure and another capable of sensing temperature.
-BBCnews.com, Thin skin will help robots 'feel'

I love science. Robots with skin. I suppose this would be handy with plantary exploration. I am trying to figure out how this is helpful for robots as we know them. I don't think it really is, I mean we already have temperature sensitive instrumentation. I suppose the pressure sensitive panel is useful when moving around.

Of course, I don't think the use in mind for this 'skin' is for robots as we know them. I think it is probably for the humanoid robots the japanese are working on developing.

Japanese develop 'female' android

Well, thanks to Darkstar I have decided to try and boost interaction as well through comments. basically you answer the question I will post about the above topic, then leave a comment in the person'a blog who posted a comment above you. yay! Team work!

So, the question of the day is this:

What use do you see humanoid robots (with human features like 'skin') having in the future?

Posted by Utopia at August 17, 2005 07:17 PM

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