An artificial nerve system gives prosthetic devices and robots a sense of touch

Public Release: 31-May-2018Stanford UniversityStanford and Seoul National University researchers have developed an artificial sensory nerve system that can activate the twitch reflex in a cockroach and identify letters in the Braille alphabet.The work, reported May 31 in Science, is a step toward creating artificial skin for prosthetic limbs, to restore sensation to amputees and, perhaps,…

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