Once a suitable layer of those cells had formed, the team added cultured human keratinocytes, which are the kind of cells that dominate the epidermal outer layer of human skin. After two weeks of ...

Electronic skin for robots delivers magnetic detection, energy efficiency, touchless systems and soft robotics.

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.

When implanted into a robotic hand, the developed electronic skin enables the robot to grasp objects similarly to humans, recognize surface textures, and differentiate between living beings.