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The sensitive 'yarn' encases robots to direct them based on humantouch and guidance. Carnegie Mellon Certain robots can certainlysense cold temperatures, but feeling cold is a whole other ordeal.And yet the world is now blessed with robot sweaters. To be fair,the new, adorable garb recently designed by an engineering team atCarnegie Mellon University’s Robotics Institute isn’t intended tokeep machines warm. As detailed in a research paper scheduled to bepresented at 2023 IEEE International Conference on Robotics andAutomation, the group utilized the properties of a knitted sweaterto create a fabric capable of sensing pressure and contact. Thecutting-edge textile can now help indicate direction, orientation,and even grip strength via physical touch. [Related: A new
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