An image released by University of Tokyo researchers shows a robot smiling, with the help of mechanical actuators beneath a flexible layer of living skin. Takeuchi et al. CC-BY-ND
Takeuchi et al. CC-BY-ND
If humanoid robots make you a bit queasy — would it help if they had fleshy faces that can smile at you?
The uncanny feat is the result of new technology using engineered living skin tissue and human-like ligaments to give robots a more natural smile, according to Tokyo University researchers who unveiled their work this week.
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