RobotSweater (IMAGE)

Carnegie Mellon University

RobotSweater

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RobotSweater, developed by a research team in the Robotics Institute and shown here on a robotic arm, is a machine-knitted textile "skin" that can sense contact and pressure.

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Carnegie Mellon University

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