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Optical lace could make a ‘nervous system’ for robots

17 Sep 2019 Isabelle Dumé
robot mechanosensors
Optical lace hosts more than a dozen mechanosensors. Courtesy : P Xu, Cornell University
A new sensor containing optical fibres embedded in a 3D-printed elastomer could make for a sensor ne

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