Stretchy pressure-sensitive material could serve as robot skin

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Robots, prosthetic limbs and touchscreen displays could all end up utilizing technology recently developed at California’s Stanford University. A team led by Zhenan Bao, an associate professor of chemical engineering, has created a very stretchy skin-like pressure-sensitive material that can detect everything from a finger-pinch to over twice the pressure that would be exerted by an elephant standing on one foot. The sensitivity of the material is attained through two layers of carbon nanotubes, that act like a series of tiny springs... Continue Reading Stretchy pressure-sensitive material could serve as robot skin

Section: Science and Education

Tags: Nanotechnology, Robots, Skin, Stanford University, Stretchable Electronics

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