A pink blob with beady eyes: Robot with ‘living skin’ and a pretty smile
A University of Tokyo professor, Shoji Takeuchi, has developed a robot with “living skin” that is gaining widespread attention online. The alien-like machine was created using engineered skin attached to a humanoid robot, building on Takeuchi’s previous work on walking mini-robots made with 3D-printed lab-grown meat, engineered skin, and biological muscle tissue.Takeuchi emphasised the importance … Read more
