The most advanced robotic devices being developed these days feature more than just the latest in positioning or vision technology, they also increasingly offer a tactile "skin" that allows them to feel - essentially giving these devices a sense of touch.
TMCnet Sr. Web Editor Patrick Barnard detailed Peratech Limited's contribution to the development of this "robotic skin" designed to allow robots and robotic devices to "feel" touches.
According to Barnard, "The Peratech technology is designed to enable robots to detect not only that they have been touched, but where and how hard."
Central to the development of this breakthrough technology is Peratech's Quantum Tunneling Composites, or QTC materials, which has been used by NASA for its Robonaut device, and by Shadow Robot in the UK, which develops a robotic hand.
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