Sensitive Skin for Robots (VIDEO)

Technical University of Munich (TUM)

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Inspired by human skin, a team at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) has developed a system combining artificial skin with control algorithms and used it to create the first autonomous humanoid robot with full-body artificial skin.

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Technical University of Munich

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