A new technique for attaching a “skin” made from living human cells to a robotic framework could give robots the ability to show emotions and communicate with humans better, the New Scientist reported on Tuesday.
According to the report:
A smiling face made from living human skin could one day be attached to a humanoid robot, allowing machines to emote and communicate in a more life-like way, say researchers. Its wrinkles could also prove useful for the cosmetics industry.
The living tissue is a cultured mix of human skin cells grown in a collagen scaffold and placed on top of a 3D-printed resin base. Unlike previous similar experiments, the skin also contains the equivalent of the ligaments that, in humans and other animals, are buried in the layer of tissue beneath the skin, holding it in place and giving it incredible strength and flexibility.
Michio Kawai at Harvard University and his colleagues call these ligament equivalents “perforation-type anchors” because they were created by perforating the robot’s resin base and allowing tiny v-shaped cavities to fill with living tissue. This, in turn, helps the robot skin stay in place.
The team put the skin on a smiling robotic face, a few centimetres wide, which is moved by rods connected to the base. It was also attached to a similarly sized 3D shape in the form of a human head (see below), but this couldn’t move.
“As the development of AI technology and other advancements expand the roles required of robots, the functions required of robot skin are also beginning to change,” Kawai said.
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He also explained that human-like skin could help robots communicate with people better, the report added.
“Two words,” Twitchy responded. “NIGHTMARE. FUEL.”
Others agreed.
You will live to see man-made made horrors beyond your comprehension
— Jared Vastine (@jared_vastine) June 25, 2024
"Hey, honey, I'll be home a little late today. We just made a real breakthrough at the Nightmare Factory." https://t.co/FABOapx5Ax
— DrewMcWeeny (@DrewMcWeeny) June 26, 2024
Heh.
Me, a science fiction author known for writing about robots and skin: please, for the love of God, do not give the robots skin https://t.co/n6ZzszkyEi
— Regular Frog (@FrogCroakley) June 26, 2024
Please.
And for the love of God, PLEASE do not combine this with the “organoids,” the miniature lab-grown human brains made from stem cells Michael Snyder told us about on Monday.
H/T Twitchy
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