July 18, 2025
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Scientists have created artificial nerves that allow robots to feel touches and blows

Miroslav Trinko Geek, specialty programmer, but journalist by profession. Rider, tennis player and fan of Formula-1. I write about technologies, smartphones and electric vehicles.

The team of scientists from the Korean Institute of Advanced Technologies (Kaist) has created an artificial sensory nervous system for robots, which allows to distinguish safe touches from potentially dangerous, imitating the behavior of living organisms. This was told by Interesting Engineering.

This technology is built on the basis of a neuromorphic semiconductor – a new type of memory, which allows to respond to external stimuli unnecessarily in complex software or high computing.

Animals and humans have the usual stimulation, such as air conditioner or body clothing, is ignored over time, while new or dangerous signals, such as sudden touch or pain, cause an instant reaction. This mechanism is regulated through two processes: habitation (mutilation of reaction to recurrent safe stimuli) and sensitization (increased reaction to threatening stimuli). The Kaist command was able to reproduce these mechanisms electronically.

Innovation is the special design of a new memoir. Unlike previous models that could only change the conductivity in one direction, this device has an additional inner layer that allows you to change the conductivity in the opposite direction. This can reduce the sensitivity to repeated touches and at the same time activate in the event of a painful signal.

To test the development, researchers have installed the system in an artificial hand. She first responded to each touch. Subsequently, if the touches were repeated without threat, the reaction decreased. When the same touches were combined with electric current, the hand again became very sensitive.

This breakthrough shows that artificial nervous systems can be compact, energy efficient and work without complex software, opening the way to a new era of robotics.

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Miroslav Trinko Geek, specialty programmer, but journalist by profession. Rider, tennis player and fan of Formula-1. I write about technologies, smartphones and electric vehicles.

The team of scientists from the Korean Institute of Advanced Technologies (Kaist) has created an artificial sensory nervous system for robots, which allows to distinguish safe touches from potentially dangerous, imitating the behavior of living organisms. This was told by Interesting Engineering.

This technology is built on the basis of a neuromorphic semiconductor – a new type of memory, which allows to respond to external stimuli unnecessarily in complex software or high computing.

Animals and humans have the usual stimulation, such as air conditioner or body clothing, is ignored over time, while new or dangerous signals, such as sudden touch or pain, cause an instant reaction. This mechanism is regulated through two processes: habitation (mutilation of reaction to recurrent safe stimuli) and sensitization (increased reaction to threatening stimuli). The Kaist command was able to reproduce these mechanisms electronically.

Innovation is the special design of a new memoir. Unlike previous models that could only change the conductivity in one direction, this device has an additional inner layer that allows you to change the conductivity in the opposite direction. This can reduce the sensitivity to repeated touches and at the same time activate in the event of a painful signal.

To test the development, researchers have installed the system in an artificial hand. She first responded to each touch. Subsequently, if the touches were repeated without threat, the reaction decreased. When the same touches were combined with electric current, the hand again became very sensitive.

This breakthrough shows that artificial nervous systems can be compact, energy efficient and work without complex software, opening the way to a new era of robotics.

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