Robotic arm equipped with 3D-printed robotic pads developed by Joohyung Kim and collaborators highlighted. Credit: The Grainger College of Engineering at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Soft skin coverings and touch sensors have emerged as a promising feature for robots that are both safer and more intuitive for human interaction, but they are expensive and difficult to make. A recent study demonstrates that soft skin pads doubling as sensors made from thermoplastic urethane can be efficiently manufactured using 3D printers.
“Robotic hardware can involve large forces and torques, so it needs to be made quite safe if it’s going to either …
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