Robots With Artificial Skin Coming Soon
European scientists
have engineered artificial skins and sensor technologies to augment
"sensitivity" in robots, says a study.The new capabilities, and a
production system for building touch-sensitivity into different robots, will
improve the way robots work in unconstrained settings, as well as their ability
to communicate and cooperate with each other and with humans, reports Science
Daily.
The European
Union-funded project 'Skin-based technologies and capabilities for safe,
autonomous and interactive robots' (ROBOSKIN) developed new sensor technologies
and management systems which give robots an artificial sense of touch, until now
an elusive quality in robotics. The artificial skin is modelled largely on real
skin, which has a tiny network of nerves that sense or feel changes like
hot/cold or rough/smooth. The electronic sensors collect this so-called
'tactile data' and process it using application software which has been
front-loaded to include some basic robot behaviours which can be added to over
time. "We opted for programming through demonstration and robot-assisted
play so the robots learn as they go along by feeling, doing and
interacting," said project coordinator Professor Giorgio Cannata of Genoa
University, Italy.
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