Seoul National University develops inexpensive, super sensitive electronic skin
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The electronic skin is sensitive enough to detect a lady beetle walking across it (Photo: Seoul National University)
The new electronic skin is sensitive enough to detect a lady beetle walking across it (Photo: Seoul National University)
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The quest to give robots touch-sensitive artificial skin and develop medical prostheses with a sense of touch has shown much promise in recent years. The latest promising development comes out of Seoul National University's Multiscale Biomimetic Systems Laboratory where researchers have created a new biomimetic “electronic skin” that is inexpensive, yet sensitive enough to “feel” a drop of water.
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