Researchers have successfully developed an ultra-sensitive pressure sensor for electronic skin modeled after the nervous system in the human brain. This technology is applicable to future devices, ...

Robots are starting to flinch. New generations of electronic skin can register heat, pressure and even damaging force, then ...

Imagine navigating a virtual reality with contact lenses or operating your smartphone under water: This and more could soon be a reality thanks to innovative e-skins. A research team has developed an ...

China has developed a neuromorphic electronic skin that lets robots feel touch, detect injury, and react to pain with ...

(Nanowerk Spotlight) Electronic skin, or e-skin, is an emerging technology that aims to mimic the sensing capabilities of human skin using flexible electronic materials and sensors. An exciting ...

Electronic skin refers to flexible, stretchable electronics that mimic the sensing capabilities of human skin. It comprises an array of sensors embedded in a substrate that can detect various stimuli, ...

Scientists at a German research lab have created an ultra-thin, flexible electronic skin (e-skin) that can detect and track magnetic fields using a single global sensor. Unlike previous designs that ...

Scientists have developed a low-cost, durable, highly-sensitive robotic ‘skin’ that can be added to robotic hands like a glove, enabling robots to detect information about their surroundings in a way ...

With a few exceptions primarily at the quantum-physics level, sensors of real-world parameters are inherently analog. The formal designations of the parameters being sensed are fairly clear, such as ...

Why skin patches are a popular biosensor. How new fabrication approaches are enabling development of less obtrusive skin-path sensors. How advanced skin patches can monitor multiple biologic ...