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Video: Living Human Skin Used to Create Creepy Smiling Face for Robot

Synthetic skin created using human cells and ligaments would enable robots to show emotion through facial expressions.

'Living tissue is a cultured mix of human skin cells grown in a collagen scaffold and placed on top of a 3D-printed resin base.'

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Scientists are using living human skin as a building material to create faces for robots that would enable them to show emotions, unnerving footage shows.

A video shows the skin attached to a robot prototype forcing a pink lifeless blob with eyes to suddenly light up with a smile.

NewScientist.com has more:

The living tissue is a cultured mix of human skin cells grown in a collagen scaffold and placed on top of a 3D-printed resin base. Unlike previous similar experiments, the skin also contains the equivalent of the ligaments that, in humans and other animals, are buried in the layer of tissue beneath the skin, holding it in place and giving it incredible strength and flexibility.

Apart from looking creepy, Harvard researchers experimenting with the skin-like texture say not only could it be fitted to robotic skeletons, but could also be beneficial to the cosmetics industry.



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