Read previewIt's not just nuts and bolts keeping robots together — now they can be made with living skin.
The team said it was able to mimic human skin ligaments by bonding skin tissue to perforated 3D facial models and 2D robots.
The team hopes the advancement will be useful "in the cosmetics industry and to help train plastic surgeons," according to a press release.
While the development could prove helpful, some people online reacted to the robot's fleshy skin and facial movements with jokes or said they found it disturbing.
Scientists reveal a smiling 2D facial robot covered with lab-grown living skin.
Persons:
—, Shoji Takeuchi, Takeuchi, Elon Musk
Organizations:
Service, University of Tokyo, Business, Optimus
Locations:
Tesla