Electronic skin could give robots a sense of touch | BBC News

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Robots have integrated in our lives in different ways and have taken over some tasks which were exclusively done by humans.

But, robots have not yet been able to have a sense of touch – could this be about to change?

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  1. When I was little I dreamed with robots and never though to see it in real life! But now I don’t know if I want to see for real

  2. because nothing says "don't worry, you'll be fine" like complete isolation and not even seeing another human's face LOL. The Hell Are You Thinking? please tell me this is not the final design? the tech involved may be amazing but I'm a programmer and even i know enough phycology to know this is a bad idea. bring at least one head-shrinker on to the team to keep patients mental heath good as well as physical.

  3. HAHA 2:46 that old Titan controller shows up… .its all going to go terribly wrong.

  4. I mean, I use Hall effect sensors embedded in silicone. Very effective. The thinner stuff is welcomed for sure tho

  5. Computer vision could scan surface and interpret the texture.

  6. Thing is NVidia & Hippocratic AI is on the road to answering the nursing shortage.

  7. Synth skin next for humans then we'll get closer to the cyberpunk world……………………………..

  8. Erling Haaland is already a prototype.

  9. Add this to gpt 4o

  10. Who cleans the robot after? waste of money

  11. This is scary man…

  12. …..😥💧

  13. I am ready to get in the goddamn robot! (with Asuka)

  14. Последствия ракетного удара по Кировскому району Макеевки — СК РФ

    Военные следователи Следственного комитета Российской Федерации зафиксировали очередные преступления вооружённых формирований Украины в отношении мирных жителей Донецкой Народной Республики.

    В результате атаки ранения получили пять мирных жителей. Они госпитализированы, им оказывается квалифицированная помощь. Также повреждения получили многоквартирные жилые дома и объекты инфраструктуры.

    На месте обстрела обнаружены осколки от снаряда РСЗО образца стран НАТО.

  15. I build bots for Miami, my clients found it apparently creepy when the robots they were beating around were apologizing on the floor in Steven Hawkins voice, we are looking to innovate their experience, My client Mr and Ms Vanderballs said there's currently pleanty of Haiti children available in the innovative meantime 🫒🕎🫒☮️

  16. Stacking shelves in Tesco next ………

  17. Fei Fei Li says there's a Cambrian Explosion as spatial awareness emerges for AI. It's like going from apes to humans. One of the greatest innovators in the history of civilization is Britain's Hassabis, enabling hundreds of thousands of protein Ph.D. candidates to translate proteins. Elad Gil "High Growth Startups" says "Let global solutions to global problems scale globally as fast as possible"

  18. Just don't programme the robots like Westworld tried with Delos. Bad enough you want robots as mad as us Scots but giving them the sense of touch…I wonder if anyone called Arnold or Bernard will step up to the plate in this research?.

  19. More than robots, I'm curious to see how this could translate into better prosthetic limbs.

  20. Skin also helps protect from dust ingress.

  21. Cost of living exploding, the owner class seeking rent from the lower classes, AI coming up replacing jobs, no shits given by governments. But… electronic skin, how about that?

  22. this girl nods more than a drinking bird

  23. Interesting, but why the disturbing background music?

  24. i see robot/human love affair balloming

  25. Perfect for my animatronic sexbot.. muhahhaa

  26. Robot, ‘Give me some skin man’ 🤣🤣🤣🇬🇧♥️

  27. I am experiencing numbness energylessness bloodlessness.

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