Scientists make smiling robot with artificial skin

Scientists have found a way to attach artificial skin to a robot so the skin moves better and looks more realistic—and the robot can even smile. The skin is cultured, which means it’s made from real human skin tissue grown in a lab. It’s capable of healing itself, like real skin does. Shoji Takeuchi and his team at the University of Tokyo, in Japan, have been developing robotic skin for many years. They previously created a robotic finger covered with artificial skin that could heal itself. But that skin was attached by anchors or hooks, which limited its range of movement and could damage its surface. To improve the connection between the skin and the robot, the team was inspired by human ligaments (tissues that connect skin to underlying body…

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