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Scientists at the University of Tokyo have created a fleshy and "slightly sweaty" robotic finger that is covered in a pink layer of living skin.

Scientists Create Robot “Finger” With Living Skin That Looks Like, Um

By Victor Tangermann

A team of engineers developed a new artificial skin for prosthetic limbs or robots that actually forms bruises whenever it gets bonked or damaged.

Health & Medicine

Robot Skin Now Gets Bruised When Punched, Horrifyingly

By Dan Robitzski

Israeli biotech company Nanocare claims to have created a gun that can spin out "Spider-Man"-like webs that can cover burns and wounds.

Prosthetics and Devices

Scientists Invent Gun That Shoots “Skin Substitute” onto Burn Victims

By Victor Tangermann

Scientists Invent Artificial Skin That Can Feel Pain

Robots and Machines

Scientists Invent Artificial Skin That Can Feel Pain

By Victor Tangermann

A handheld device that "prints" sheets of artificial skin directly onto the wounds of burn victims is one step closer to actual use in burn clinics.

Prosthetics and Devices

Handheld Device “Prints” New Skin Directly Onto Wounds

By Kristin Houser

A team of French researchers have grown yarn from human skin cells that could be used by surgeons as simple sutures or assembled into skin grafts.

This Horrific “Yarn” Is Made From Human Flesh

By Victor Tangermann

A team of researchers have developed a human-inspired, artificial skin that can "augment" interactive devices, including a phone and wearables.

Artificial Intelligence

Scientists Wrapped a Phone in Fake Human Skin

By Victor Tangermann

Researchers developed artificial skin that could give its wearer — robotic or human — superhuman capabilities like sensing strong magnetic fields.

Health & Medicine

Artificial “Electronic Skin” Could Warn Humans of Impending Danger

By Victor Tangermann

Electronic Skin Lets Amputees Feel Pain Through Their Prosthetics

Prosthetics and Devices

Electronic Skin Lets Amputees Feel Pain Through Their Prosthetics

By Kristin Houser

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A Stretchy New Superconductive “Skin” Can Give Robots a Sense of Touch

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We Could Create Robots That Can Feel, Thanks to New Sensor-Laden “Robotic Skin”

Your Skin Heals Itself. Soon, Robots’ Skin Will, Too.

Your Skin Heals Itself. Soon, Robots’ Skin Will, Too.

Scientists Have Created Heat-Sensing “Skin” for Robots

Science & Energy

Scientists Have Created Heat-Sensing “Skin” for Robots

By June Javelosa