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Published online 5 March 2003 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news030303-4
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Robot finger has feeling
Artificial muscle feels the weight of objects it moves.
Scientists in Spain have developed a robotic finger with a sense of touch. It is made of a polymer that can feel the weight of what it's pushing and adjust the energy it uses accordingly1.
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