Electronic 'Hairy Skin' Could Give Robots a More Human Sense of Touch
From: Product Design and Development - 12/14/2016

Electronic-skin prototypes are stretchy, thin films that can sense
temperature, pressure and even monitor blood oxygen or alcohol levels. But
most of these devices are missing a key feature of real skin that allows us
to feel a wider range of conditions: hair. Now researchers have combined
hair-like wires with electronic skin to make a more versatile sensor for
robots, prosthetics, and other applications.

Read the entire article and view a video (1:22) at:
https://www.pddnet.com/news/2016/12/electronic-hairy-skin-could-give-robots-more-human-sense-touch

Link:
Biomimic Hairy Skin Tactile Sensor Based on Ferromagnetic Microwires
http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acsami.6b14236