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Tango0119 Sep 2018 4:37 p.m. PST

"Typically, robots are built to perform a single task. To make them more adaptable, researchers from Yale University have developed a kind of "robotic skin" that transforms ordinary objects into multifunctional robots.

It's called OmniSkins, and it's the brainchild of assistant professor Rebecca Kramer-Bottiglio and her colleagues at Yale University. The neat thing about OmniSkins is its extreme versatility—it's a general-purpose system with no specific task in mind. It enables otherwise inanimate objects to move, or provides an extra boost to robots or animals in need. Eventually, the electric skin could be used to create more effective search-and-rescue robots, enable locomotion in everyday objects, and improve wearable or assistive devices. A report on the OmniSkins project, which was primarily funded by a NASA research grant, was published today in Science Robotics…."
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Cacique Caribe20 Sep 2018 12:00 p.m. PST

Just watch them create a side line of "love bots".

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Tango0120 Sep 2018 12:13 p.m. PST

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