The quest to mimic human touch in technology has led researchers to explore piezoelectric and triboelectric effects as pivotal phenomena. These effects underpin a new generation of tactile sensors ...

Robots that track smells often fail when one of their sensors breaks. Now, researchers ...

Robots are becoming increasingly capable in vision and movement, yet touch remains one of their major weaknesses. Now, ...

Robots have become remarkably good at seeing and moving, but their sense of touch still lags far behind that of humans. A new technology developed by researchers at the University of Cambridge could ...

It’s the main hub that ties everything together—sort of like the conductor for the orchestra that is a robot. It takes in ...