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July 2024

Miscellanea

By Jhankhana Thakkar | Chirag Chauhan, Chartered Accountants
Reading Time 5 mins

1. TECHNOLOGY

Humans vs. Robots: Scientists create self-healing human-like skin for robots

Scientists have successfully grafted living, self-healing skin onto robots, a feat that could revolutionise the future of robotics. Imagine robots that can not only move and think like humans but also look and heal like them. The team led by Michio Kawai, MinghaoNie, Haruka Oda, and Shoji Takeuchi from the University of Tokyo has developed a technique to seamlessly attach living skin to robotic faces, creating lifelike robots capable of displaying human emotions.

The magic lies in something called "perforation-type anchors." Inspired by human skin ligaments, these anchors attach cultured skin to robotic surfaces through tiny perforations, much like how our skin connects to underlying tissues. This method ensures the skin adheres securely, even on complex 3D structures like faces, and can withstand the wear and tear of everyday interactions. To showcase this technology, the researchers created a robotic face that can express emotions, like smiling. Using these innovative anchors, they attached a skin equivalent — a lab-grown model of hu

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