These robots with living skin are absolute nightmare fuel | TechCrunch Minute

Will robots ever have living, human skin? Researchers at the University of Tokyo and Harvard have been exploring the question - and they’ve come up with some pretty unsettling results. This is very much an experiment, so it won’t be the face of your next smart home hub or vacuum. But the breakthrough could be better in some situations than artificial skin that’s also in development.
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[@ZachAttackIsBack]

BORG QUEEN: Do you know what this is, Data?
DATA: It would appear you are attempting to graft organic skin onto my endoskeletal structure.
BORG QUEEN: What a cold description for such a beautiful gift.
(the Borg Queen strokes the section of skin)
DATA: Heh, heh, heh.
BORG QUEEN: Was that good for you?

[@nbuehster]

0:48 Two jokes:
1. The photo of King Charles
2. A reboot of The Blob

[@nathanaelhawke8722]

Other than the immune system concern. Could this possibly be applied as skin grafts for burn victims and such?🤷🏾‍♂️

[@bikotheanimator6169]

If you think the Terminator is bad, wait until they find a way to create Androids 17 and 18.

[@leonym7441]

*uh oh*

[@Maltbrew]

0:59 "A viable method of attaching to a robotic undercarriage" That could actually be pretty insane for amputees! Though how you'd detach/charge them is a good question.

[@TsarHare]

i like it

[@markbernero9302]

What if we tried to create Data and ended up creating Lore?

[@B1tchy77]

It's super cool i want human like AI

[@gentl_geek]

Yeah it's creepy 😱

[@MikeG-mp2sj]

Sex robots and a place to download consciousness to are the 2 main reasons for this I would think.

[@_casg]

Wiiild

[@mopthermopther]

it’s witchcraft

[@Jerry-yn3lo]

🤖🚬 ☎️ Hallo...Hallo

[@Reagent456]

Japan should first think about their population crisis ... Their existence is at risk

[@bababooie69]

STOP THIS

[@GjaP_242]

Robots with human-like skin may be closer to reality than one might think. 0:20

[@GjaP_242]

Japanese scientists have found a way to attach living skin to robot faces.

[@GjaP_242]

For more realistic smiles and other facial expressions. 0:50

[@GjaP_242]

The aim of skin substitutes is to replicate the properties of the normal skin.

[@GjaP_242]

Skin substitutes are a heterogeneous group of biologic, synthetic, or biosynthetic materials. 0:55