TECHNOLOGY is increasingly sophisticated. Skin robots are now able to be made sensitive. Robot''a step closer with the humans,''said by representatives of the German research institute that is developing artificial skin for robots.
Great! how to make skin of robot more sensitive?
Artificial skin is made of two inch sized hexagonal plates with an infrared sensor to capture the touch. Sensors are able to detect anything that is within 1 centimeter.
''We tried installing different sensors down to the smallest space,''said by the developer of robotic artificial leather at the Technical University of Munich Philip Mettendorfer.
Researchers have also tested the sensitivity of the artificial skin on a robot arm. A trial was made to imitate the movement of teeth brushing. But applied to a tissue as she touched his hand gently. Another test is to plant the accelerometer so that the robot can maintain the stability of the cup is located on the tray.
Currently artificial skin that only has 15 sensors. The researchers plan to create a prototype artificial skin is more sensitive when interacting with the environment. The results described in the IEEE Transactions on Robotics.
