Seoul National University develops inexpensive, super sensitive electronic skin

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The quest to give robots touch-sensitive artificial skin and develop medical prostheses with a sense of touch has shown much promise in recent years. The latest promising development comes out of Seoul National University's Multiscale Biomimetic Systems Laboratory where researchers have created a new biomimetic “electronic skin” that is inexpensive, yet sensitive enough to “feel” a drop of water... Continue Reading Seoul National University develops inexpensive, super sensitive electronic skin

Section: Research Watch

Tags: Biomimetic, Electronic skin, Nanotechnology, Seoul National University

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