Something to smile about (IMAGE)

University of Tokyo

Something to smile about

Caption

The new anchoring method allows flexible skin tissue to conform to any shape it’s attached to. In this case, a relatively flat robotic face is made to smile and the skin deforms without constraining the robot, returning to its original shape afterwards.

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©2024 Takeuchi et al. CC-BY-ND

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