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by Bruce Brown | May 26, 2022 | Enabling Tech
Berkeley,-based BeBop Sensors recently introduced a smart fabric sensor technology that can give tactile awareness to robots and prosthetics. BeBop RoboSkin has a sense of touch thanks to taxels: pressure sensors that determine the relative amount of force applied...
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by Bruce Brown | July 1, 2021 | General News, Health
Bioengineers at the University of Pittsburgh Rehab Neural Engineering Labs achieved a breakthrough in brain-controlled prosthetics. This new approach provides tactile feedback through a brain/computer interface (BCI) to help a human subject control a robotic arm. The...
by Bruce Brown | December 30, 2019 | Enabling Tech
Wearables and prosthetics serve many functions in collecting data, enabling movement, and improving the wearer’s functional ability and overall quality of life. The ability to sense touch, however, is more than just additive; it can transform the wearer’s...
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by Bruce Brown | September 6, 2019 | Enabling Tech
Researchers and engineers at the National University of Singapore (NUS) developed an artificial nervous system, building on their earlier work with smart skin. The Asynchronous Coded Electronic Skin (ACES) has an exceptional sense of touch and can detect contact more...
