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06-27-2024, 11:07 PM
(06-27-2024, 01:32 AM)Maxmars Wrote: I'm not really sure how to 'read' this.Okay, that is officially creepy. Halloween movie creepy.
On the one hand it seems creepy and uncomfortable. After all it's human skin...
But on the other hand it makes sense, considering just how resilient, strong and flexible skin really can be.
But this?
[Image: https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/upload....gif?w=680]
Perhaps not the best marketing choice....
The skin itself is anchored on the robot analogously to the way it is anchored on people or animals. It stretches, it flexes, and it looks slimey.
From: NewScientist: Smiling robot face is made from living human skin cells
The living tissue is a cultured mix of human skin cells grown in a collagen scaffold and placed on top of a 3D-printed resin base. Unlike previous similar experiments, the skin also contains the equivalent of the ligaments that, in humans and other animals, are buried in the layer of tissue beneath the skin, holding it in place and giving it incredible strength and flexibility.
Michio Kawai at Harvard University and his colleagues call these ligament equivalents “perforation-type anchors” because they were created by perforating the robot’s resin base and allowing tiny v-shaped cavities to fill with living tissue. This, in turn, helps the robot skin stay in place.
Not sure if I'm exactly eager to see a robot with human skin...
And, like Nerb said, it's not really skin until it can repair and replenish itself.
