As the robot stretches, the kirigami is transformed into a 3 - D - textured surface, which grips the ground just like snakeskin.
Not exact matches
Passive
robots in the form of sedentary animals may be less flashy than a bird skin
stretched over a robotic frame, but they can be just
as good at keeping tabs on their environment — and significantly less nasty.
Moreover, with the advent of
robots in areas such
as health care and retail, in addition to manufacturing, future applications for sensitive elastic conductive material that can withstand high strain from
stretching are likely to increase at a fever pitch.
The skin covers the
robot's entire arm, and
stretches and flexes
as the arm moves.
And that scenario — humans and
robots competing for the same
stretch of asphalt — sounds about
as warm and friendly
as the official unveiling of ED - 209 in «RoboCop.»
Oil derricks
stretch like advancing
robots as far
as any human eye can see.»
The law has shown itself
as malleable enough to
stretch the concept of legal personality to corporates in the past and so, should we philosophically decide we want to, in theory applying the same approach to
robots is easily achievable.