Despite how advanced robots have become, getting them to feel the way humans do is an incredibly complex challenge.

If you had to rank the most powerful sense, which would you choose? Over 88 percent of participants in a 2016 survey ranked vision as their most important sense, followed by hearing in a distant ...

Scientists with the Bao Research Group at Stanford University have created a new electronic skin that can mimic the sense of touch. The "e-skin," as some refer to it, is detailed in a new study ...

Soft robots can safely be used to assist humans in moving items, treating patients, and gathering information. As interests in these robots keep growing, a team of scientists and engineers at Carnegie ...

While technology is making major strides in absorbing our eyes and ears in virtual worlds, it’s harder to engage senses like touch. Engineers at the City University of Hong Kong have now developed ...

Researchers at the University of Texas have developed the first stretchy, electronic skin with many of the same characteristics as human skin. The researchers have committed to creating a stretchy ...

It's the first sensation we feel, our most primal connection to others. Can implants and electrical signaling replicate the experience of touch? Research teams are exploring the possibilities—with ...

We’ve reached the point in quarantine where we are all weary. This is a marathon, not a sprint, and our nerves are becoming frayed, the unknown is taking its toll, and none of us are at our best.

In a heartfelt plea for human connection, a Black woman’s emotional Instagram video has gone viral, shedding light on the crippling effects of “skin hunger.” This is a new concept to many, perhaps, ...

We’ve reached the point in quarantine where we are all weary. This is a marathon, not a sprint, and our nerves are becoming frayed, the unknown is taking its toll, and none of us are at our best.