It's not easy to give a robot a sense of touch
- Written by Ajay Pandey, Senior Lecturer (Intelligent Bionics and Soft Robotics), Queensland University of Technology
The sense of touch is generally measured by a sensor that can translate a pressure upon it into a small electrical signal.Shutterstock
We have robots that can walk, see, talk and hear, and manipulate objects in their robotic hands. There’s even a robot that can smell.
But what about a sense of touch? This is easier said than done and there...