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JAPONIA - CERCETARE - PIELE - ROBOTI UMANOIZI
June 25, 2024: VIDEO AVAILABLE: CONTACT [email protected] TO RECEIVE**..Japanese researchers have found a way to give humanoid robots skin that can even be pulled into facial expressions - like a smile. .Taking inspiration from human skin ligaments, the team, led by Professor Shoji Takeuchi of the University of Tokyo, included special perforations in a robot face, which helped a layer of skin take hold. Their research could be initially be useful in the cosmetics industry and to help train plastic surgeons. In the future it could offer increased mobility, self-healing abilities, embedded sensing capabilities and an increasingly lifelike appearance. .Takeuchi is a pioneer in the field of biohybrid robotics, where biology and mechanical engineering meet. So far, his lab, the Biohybrid Systems Laboratory, has created mini robots that walk using biological muscle tissue, 3D printed lab-grown meat, engineered skin that can heal, and more. It was during research on the last of these items that Takeuchi felt the need to take the idea of robotic skin further..“During previous research on a finger-shaped robot covered in engineered skin tissue we grew in our lab, I felt the need for better adhesion between the robotic features and the subcutaneous structure of the skin,†said Takeuchi. “By mimicking human skin-ligament structures and by using specially made V-shaped perforations in solid materials, we found a way to bind skin to complex structures. The natural flexibility of the skin and the strong method of adhesion mean the skin can move with the mechanical components of the robot without tearing or peeling away.â€.Previous methods to attach skin tissue to solid surfaces involved things like mini anchors or hooks, but these limited the kinds of surfaces that could receive skin coatings and could cause damage during motion. By carefully engineering small perforations inste (Credit Image: © Cover Images via ZUMA Press)
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