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This smiling robot face made of living skin is absolute nightmare fuel (techcrunch.com)

submitted 5 months ago by ylai@lemmy.ml to c/technology@lemmy.world

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Original publication: https://www.cell.com/cell-reports-physical-science/fulltext/S2666-3864(24)00335-7

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[–] Gsus4@programming.dev 19 points 5 months ago (9 children)

...but...why? What is the point of living skin on machines? Even humans do everything they can to make their skin not look human :D

[–] altima_neo@lemmy.zip 17 points 5 months ago (1 children)

So they can build a cybernetic organism. Living tissue over a metal endoskeleton.

[–] Gsus4@programming.dev 4 points 5 months ago

synthetic playmates..got it 👯

[–] WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world 14 points 5 months ago

The 600 series had rubber skin. We spotted them easy, but these are new. They look human - sweat, bad breath, everything. Very hard to spot.

[–] explodicle@sh.itjust.works 11 points 5 months ago (1 children)

It would be cool if somebody missing an arm could get a cybernetic replacement that looks and feels real.

That's the only situation I can imagine where maintaining a living skin is worth the cost. I can't even keep plants alive.

[–] teft@lemmy.world 6 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Looks and feels real? I’m sorry but if i’m getting a cyberpunk upgrade it will be gold, chrome, or matte neon plastic. There are no other options ya gonk.

[–] OneWomanCreamTeam@sh.itjust.works 10 points 5 months ago

From the article

Cultured skin, as they put it, can heal itself, carry biological sensors like our own to provide sensitive touch, and could also have benefits in medical or human interaction contexts.

[–] jol@discuss.tchncs.de 8 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Skin is extremely flexible,water proof and self-repairable.

[–] Gsus4@programming.dev 7 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

The self-repairable part is odd to me.You need to keep feeding, oxygenating it and to prevent infections, otherwise it will rot :S Besides, on humans the healing relies on blood for platelets and crusts to form and a whole immune system...it needs too much babysitting to be called "self-healing".

[–] Jarix@lemmy.world 5 points 5 months ago

But it does heal. Efficiently be damned. That's not what you care about with mad science. Results are all that matter in mad science, good results or bad results you just have an insatiable desire to see what happens if

[–] pentagrammar@programming.dev 4 points 5 months ago

I guess there's a market for... skin contact?

[–] VindictiveJudge@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

So you can send the robot back in time, obviously.

[–] lightnsfw@reddthat.com 2 points 5 months ago

robot girlfriend duh

[–] weew@lemmy.ca 1 points 5 months ago

So they can use time machines that somehow only work for living matter