Having existed since the WABOT-1 was completed in 1972, humanoid robots are a rapidly developing sector – but the ‘human’ aspect has struggled to move from theory to reality. Led by Professor Shoji ...

Robots are starting to flinch. New generations of electronic skin can register heat, pressure and even damaging force, then trigger lightning-fast reflexes that look less like code and more like ...

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Are you a fan of robots but just think they should have human-like skin and smile more? Well, you’re in luck, weirdo. Scientists in Japan developed a technique for making life-like skin with human ...

Humanoid robots are starting to gain something that once belonged firmly in the realm of science fiction: a sense of pain. Chinese researchers have built a neuromorphic electronic skin that lets ...

In a new study, researchers from the University of Tokyo, Harvard University, and the International Research Center for Neurointelligence have unveiled a technique for creating lifelike robotic skin ...

Researchers from the University of Tokyo have developed a groundbreaking method to cover robotic surfaces with genuine, living skin tissue. The idea of robots with skin isn't just about creating a ...

Japanese scientists have used human cells to develop an equivalent to living skin that can be attached to robotic surfaces to flash a realistic—if creepy—smile. The University of Tokyo researchers ...

Many scifi robots have taken the form of their creators. In the increasingly blurry space between the biological and the mechanical, researchers have found a way to affix human skin to robot faces.

A new humanoid robot debuted this week with a sensor-laden layer of "smart skin" designed to feel exactly where and how hard it's being touched...for industrial safety, of course. Around its frame, ...

The soft, pink blob stares at the camera with glassy eyes — before pulling its face into a dimpled smile.While it might look like the stuff of nightmares, this tiny robot covered in living skin could ...