3-D-printed 'bionic skin' could give robots the sense of touch

[rangerrebew]

3-D-printed 'bionic skin' could give robots the sense of touch
May 11, 2017
A one-of-a-kind 3D printer built at the University of Minnesota can print touch sensors directly on a model hand. Credit: Shuang-Zhuang Guo and Michael McAlpine, University of Minnesota, "3D Printed Stretchable Tactile Sensors," Advanced …more

Engineering researchers at the University of Minnesota have developed a revolutionary process for 3D printing stretchable electronic sensory devices that could give robots the ability to feel their environment. The discovery is also a major step forward in printing electronics on real human skin.

The research will be published in the next issue of Advanced Materials and is currently online.


Read more at: https://phys.org/news/2017-05-d-printed-bionic-skin-robots.html#jCp

[Oceander]

Cool. 

[Free Vulcan]

Excellent.

[Smokin Joe]

Sorry, this could be a neat thing in terms of tactile capabilities for robots.

However, I see the eventual point where the sex robots (Japan, purt'near already) have 'feeling', their AIs have some sort of electronic feedback that results in orgasmic sensations, which will, at some point end in some robot getting shot for 'messing around'....