Electronic glove gives robots a sense of touch
Stanford engineers have developed an electronic glove containing sensors that could one day give robotic hands the sort of dexterity that humans take for granted.
Nov 21, 2018
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Touchy subject: 3D printed fingertip 'feels' like human skin
Machines can beat the world's best chess player, but they cannot handle a chess piece as well as an infant. This lack of robot dexterity is partly because artificial grippers lack the fine tactile sense of the human fingertip, ...
Apr 5, 2022
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Computer graphics researchers make drone navigation easier
Drone operators struggling to fly the multi-propeller device and take pictures simultaneously could soon have a much simpler method to steering flight.
Nov 28, 2018
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Robotic hand rotates objects using touch, not vision
Inspired by the effortless way humans handle objects without seeing them, a team led by engineers at the University of California San Diego has developed a new approach that enables a robotic hand to rotate objects solely ...
Jul 25, 2023
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Energy-generating synthetic skin for affordable prosthetic limbs and touch-sensitive robots
A new type of energy-generating synthetic skin could create more affordable prosthetic limbs and robots capable of mimicking the sense of touch, scientists say.
Nov 30, 2020
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Physical texture of robots influences judgments of their personality
Impressions of a robot's personality can be influenced by the way it looks, sounds and feels. But now, researchers from Japan have found specific causal relationships between impressions of robot personality and body texture.
Dec 1, 2021
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A touch from a conversing robot is linked to positive emotional state
A small study found that people who were touched by a humanoid robot while conversing with it subsequently reported a better emotional state and were more likely to comply with a request from the robot. Laura Hoffmann of ...
May 5, 2021
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Teaching artificial intelligence to connect senses like vision and touch
In Canadian author Margaret Atwood's book The Blind Assassin, she says that "touch comes before sight, before speech. It's the first language and the last, and it always tells the truth."
Jun 17, 2019
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Separated by distance, but connected by technology: Using affective haptic devices
The sense of touch is important for human development, interpersonal communication, and social attachment. For situations where one is separated by distance affective haptic devices (AHDs) can be used as a new form of sense ...
May 13, 2022
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Haptics researchers find that the biomechanics of the skin can perform useful tactile computations
As our body's largest and most prominent organ, the skin also provides one of our most fundamental connections to the world around us. From the moment we're born, it is intimately involved in every physical interaction we ...
Apr 15, 2020
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