A low-cost, durable, highly sensitive robotic ‘skin’ that enables robots to detect information about their surroundings in a way that’s similar to humans has been developed by researchers from UCL and the University of Cambridge. The study, published in Science Robotics , details the development of the flexible, conductive skin, which is easy to fabricate and can be melted down and formed into a wide range of complex shapes. Although the robotic skin is not as sensitive as human skin, it can