Are you a fan of robots but just think they should have human-like skin and smile more?
Well, youre in luck, weirdo.
Its all part of their goal to endow robots with the self-healing capabilities inherent in biological skin.
The smiling robotic face covered with “dermis equivalent” demonstrating movement in a video released by the University of TokyoGif: Cell Reports Physical Science / University of Tokyo
Rubber, as you might imagine, cant self-heal in the way that human skin can.
Therefore, the capacity for self-repair becomes a critical feature for humanoid robots.
Tell us thats not something youd read just before the robot uprising.
Demonstration of the perforation-type anchors to cover the facial device with skin equivalentImage: Cell Reports Physical Science
If you think it all sounds kind of horrifying, youre not alone.
Another X userwrote, I for one welcome our new skinsuited serial-killing overlords.
And if this new research is any guide, at least theyll be smiling when they do it.
As the paper explains: “The Dermis equivalent made on the 3D facial device without perforation-type anchors. (A) In the absence of perforation-type anchors, the dermis equivalent detached from the facial device when peeling off the upper mold. (B) Cultivating dermis equivalent that are not secured by perforation-type anchors results in an inability to maintain their shape. Scale bars, (A) 1 mm; (B) 1 mm.”Screenshot: Cell Reports Physical Science
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