Roboticists from the University of Tokyo have taken a tiny step toward creating the Terminator. They’ve built an articulated robot finger that’s seamlessly covered in living human skin. There are many ...

Scientists at the University of Tokyo have created a fleshy and “slightly sweaty” robotic finger, covered in a pink layer of living skin, grown from human skin cells. The rather phallic looking result ...

Robots can now be covered in living skin grown from real human cells to make them look more like us. At the moment, robots are sometimes coated in silicone rubber to give them a fleshy appearance, but ...

Progress towards the goal of robots that look more human just took a big step. Though it was more like a wave. Scientists successfully added human skin cells to a robot finger. The skin form fit to ...

From action heroes to villainous assassins, biohybrid robots made of both living and artificial materials have been at the center of many sci-fi fantasies, inspiring today’s robotic innovations. It’s ...