RealFeedApp Robots can grow new sensors using chemicals in their artificial blood
Engineers from Estonia and Italy developed a robot that converts plastic patches into sensors by exposing them to ultraviolet light while using chemicals in its artificial blood.
- Field
- robotics
- What they did
- Scientists created a moth-shaped robot that uses chemicals in its artificial blood to grow new sensors when exposed to ultraviolet light.
- Why it matters
- This self-construction capability is useful for robots sent to unpredictable environments, such as collapsed buildings or other planets, where they may need sensors they did not have initially.
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