While it might look like the stuff of nightmares, this tiny robot covered in living skin could mark a step forward in the quest to make robots more human-like. It's the work of researchers in Japan, ...

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Caitlin O'Kane is a New York City journalist who works on the CBS News social media team as a senior manager of content and production. She writes about a variety of topics and produces "The Uplift," ...

Robots are starting to flinch. New generations of electronic skin can register heat, pressure and even damaging force, then trigger lightning-fast reflexes that look less like code and more like ...

University of Tokyo researchers have developed an artificial skin for robots that gives them a sense of touch. Essentially an array of pressure sensors embedded into inexpensive, flexible materials, ...

Humanoid robots are starting to gain something that once belonged firmly in the realm of science fiction: a sense of pain. Chinese researchers have built a neuromorphic electronic skin that lets ...

Think of a robot. Chances are you imagined one with legs like C-3PO of “Star Wars” fame or something with wheels like NASA’s Mars rover Curiosity. Neither of these rigid body types are particularly ...