A new artificial skin unveiled at CES 2026 could give robots human-like sensitivity, helping machines better understand ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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

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 ...

While technology is making major strides in absorbing our eyes and ears in virtual worlds, it’s harder to engage senses like touch. Engineers at the City University of Hong Kong have now developed ...