Electronic Skin: Physicist at TU Graz Develops Multisensory Hybrid Material

Anna Maria Coclite from TU Graz and her team have succeeded in producing a 3in1 hybrid material for the next generation of smart, artificial skin. Lunghammer - TU Graz By Susanne Filzwieser - The "smart skin" developed by Anna Maria Coclite is very similar to human skin. It senses pressure, humidity and temperature simultaneously and produces electronic signals. More sensitive robots or more intelligent prostheses are thus conceivable. Photographic material for Download at the end of the text The skin is the largest sensory organ and at the same time the protective coat of the human being. It "feels" several sensory inputs at the same time and reports information about humidity, temperature and pressure to the brain. For Anna Maria Coclite, a material with such multisensory properties is "a kind of 'holy grail' in the technology of intelligent artificial materials.