This smiling robot face made of living skin is absolute nightmare fuel
This smiling robot face made of living skin is absolute nightmare fuel
Giving robots a human-like exterior has been the standard for years — centuries even. But giving them actual, living skin that can be manipulated into
Original publication: https://www.cell.com/cell-reports-physical-science/fulltext/S2666-3864(24)00335-7
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...but...why? What is the point of living skin on machines? Even humans do everything they can to make their skin not look human :D
So they can build a cybernetic organism. Living tissue over a metal endoskeleton.
synthetic playmates..got it 👯
The 600 series had rubber skin. We spotted them easy, but these are new. They look human - sweat, bad breath, everything. Very hard to spot.
It would be cool if somebody missing an arm could get a cybernetic replacement that looks and feels real.
That's the only situation I can imagine where maintaining a living skin is worth the cost. I can't even keep plants alive.
Looks and feels real? I’m sorry but if i’m getting a cyberpunk upgrade it will be gold, chrome, or matte neon plastic. There are no other options ya gonk.
From the article
Cultured skin, as they put it, can heal itself, carry biological sensors like our own to provide sensitive touch, and could also have benefits in medical or human interaction contexts.
Skin is extremely flexible,water proof and self-repairable.
The self-repairable part is odd to me.You need to keep feeding, oxygenating it and to prevent infections, otherwise it will rot :S Besides, on humans the healing relies on blood for platelets and crusts to form and a whole immune system...it needs too much babysitting to be called "self-healing".
But it does heal. Efficiently be damned. That's not what you care about with mad science. Results are all that matter in mad science, good results or bad results you just have an insatiable desire to see what happens if
I guess there's a market for... skin contact?
robot girlfriend duh
So you can send the robot back in time, obviously.
So they can use time machines that somehow only work for living matter