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Robotic Sense of Touch

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the practical-applications-in-porn-industry-left-unspoken dept.

Aryabhata writes "As per a BBC article, US scientists have created a device that could one day pave the way for robotic hands mimicking human touch. The research team from University of Nebraska in Lincoln hopes to apply this to aid surgery by allowing surgeons to feel the tissue they are operating on. This could help surgeons in distinguishing cancerous or abnormal tissue etc. To demonstrate the device the scientists tried the instrument on a one cent coin and the sensor revealed the wrinkles in President Lincoln's clothing and the letters TY in liberty."

2 of 56 comments (clear)

  1. One cent coin? by IlliniECE · · Score: 2, Insightful

    One cent coin? Isn't it easier to just say "a penny"?

  2. Re:no means no by ZeroExistenZ · · Score: 4, Insightful
    why doesn't he remove the chip that makes me feel PAIN?

    Because "pain" protects you from yourself damaging your body

    If you can't feel there's something wrong and abnormal with your body (broken leg, biting on tongue, finger stuck in a blender, ...) you wont act to protect it. Not damaging yourself wouldn't be a "reflex" anymore, but a contious process with not always the highest priority. Like an Interrupt request versus an API-call.

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    I think we can keep recursing like this until someone returns 1