A way of covering a robotic finger with living human cells has been developed by Japanese scientists.
, but researchers at the University of Tokyo are bringing androids a major step closer by crafting living human skin on robots.
"Since the finger is driven by an electric motor, it is also interesting to hear the clicking sounds of the motor in harmony with a finger that looks just like a real one." Takeuchi said:"With that method, you have to have the hands of a skilled artisan who can cut and tailor the skin sheets. Takeuchi says the study's success lies within the natural shrinking tendency of the collagen and fibroblast mixture, which shrank and tightly conformed to the finger.
Takeuchi said:"The crafted skin had enough strength and elasticity to bear the dynamic movements as the robotic finger curled and stretched.
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