A new New robot with artificial skin could help improve human communication. The project, worked on by researchers at the University of Hertfordshire, has developed this technology so that it can be used in their work investigating how robots can help children with autism to learn about social interaction.
The researchers have covered a robot with artificial skin and will develop new sensor technologies which can provide tactile feedback from areas of the robot’s body. The idea is to make the robot able to respond to different styles of how the children play with it. This could help the children develop ‘socially appropriate’ playful interaction when interacting with the robot and other people.
Roboskin is being co-ordinated by Professor Giorgio Cannata of Università di Genova (Italy) and other partners include Università di Genova, Ecole Polytechnique Federale Lausanne, Italian Institute of Technology, University of Wales at Newport and Università di Cagliari.
The Memo is a robot designed to provide secondary care for Alzheimer's patients. The fingerprint-secure remote control controls it's various functions, such as schedule planning, dispensing medicine and playing games.
