Every sense we possess exists on a continuum, with some people exhibiting far more sensitivity than others.There are not only super-seers, but also super-tasters and super-smellers and tactile ...

A new artificial skin unveiled at CES 2026 could give robots human-like sensitivity, helping machines better understand ...

Ensuring Technology provides the answer: only when they can truly replicate the human sense of touch. From January 6th to 9th ...

Ten years ago, three research teams published a breakthrough — the first description of the molecular mechanism for transduction in fingertip sensory Merkel cells that can transduce gentle touch, a ...

An innovative bimanual robot displays tactile sensitivity close to human-level dexterity using AI to inform its actions. The new Bi-Touch system, designed by scientists at the University of Bristol ...

Tactile perception and movement interaction is an area of research that examines how the human brain integrates sensory information from touch with motor commands during voluntary movement. At its ...

A study by researchers at Queen Mary University of London and University College London has found that humans have a form of remote touch, or the ability to sense objects without direct contact, a ...

Innovative piezoelectric and triboelectric manufacturing enhances tactile sensors, enabling sensitivity, flexibility, and efficiency for robotics, wearables, and interactive systems. Piezoelectric and ...

Robots now see the world with an ease that once belonged only to science fiction. They can recognize objects, navigate cluttered spaces, and sort thousands of parcels an hour. But ask a robot to touch ...