Oscillating gels may one day grant robots a sense of touch
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Researches have successfully resuscitated non-oscillating BZ gel in a development that could help pave the way to robots with a sense of touch
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Researchers at MIT and the University of Pittsburgh have successfully resuscitated non-oscillating Belousov-Zhabotinsky (BZ) gel by exerting a mechanical stimulus: a process akin to the resuscitation of a human heart. By exhibiting a chemical response to a mechanical stimulus (a rare feat for non-living matter), it's claimed the material could lead to the development of artificial skin that would enable robots to feel.
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