Robots are starting to flinch. New generations of electronic skin can register heat, pressure and even damaging force, then ...

Robot skin that senses touch and pain — and triggers instant reflexes — makes robots more like humans. It probably also makes ...

Warmth and cold shape body awareness, emotions, and mental health in ways science is only starting to understand.

Robots are about to experience the world in a way we never thought possible. Scientists in Hong Kong have developed a new ...

If you had to rank the most powerful sense, which would you choose? Over 88 percent of participants in a 2016 survey ranked vision as their most important sense, followed by hearing in a distant ...

As lovers might vouch, complex nuances of touch, including nearness sans physical contact and gradations of tactile pressure, convey a rich sensory experience and multi-dimensional cognitive pursuits.

According to the researchers, their new neuromorphic robotic e-skin is based on a structure inspired by the human nervous ...

Scientists with the Bao Research Group at Stanford University have created a new electronic skin that can mimic the sense of touch. The "e-skin," as some refer to it, is detailed in a new study ...

Soft robots can safely be used to assist humans in moving items, treating patients, and gathering information. As interests in these robots keep growing, a team of scientists and engineers at Carnegie ...

A new "artificial skin" could help, as it provides a sense of touch via tiny air bladders. Developed by scientists at Switzerland's EPFL research institute, the skin is made up of clear silicone, and ...