Towards Goosebumps in Robots

found online by Raymond

 
From The Journal of Improbable Research:

“Although there have been many researches on artificial haptic-sensory skin and discussions of materials for facial expression, we can find few trials related to expressions on surface of robots.”

Explain a research team from Dr. Tomoko Yonezawa’s lab at Kansai University Osaka, Japan, prompting them to become one of the first teams worldwide (perhaps the first) to develop robotic goosebumps.

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