House Calls, #930, June 30, 2024: My robot has living skin and it smiles too!

The University of Tokyo has produced the first prototype method of applying self-healing living skin on a robot surface. If successfully developed, there are numerous applications in medicine to help people with disfiguring skin injuries and diseases.

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