Robot face with lab-grown living skin created by scientists hoping to make more human-like cyborgs

It’s the face of the future.

A team of scientists unveiled a robot face covered with a delicate layer of living skin that heals itself and crinkles into a smile in hopes of developing more human-like cyborgs.

The skin was made in a lab at the University of Tokyo from a mixture of human skin cells grown on a collagen model and placed on top of a 3D-printed resin base, the New Scientist reported.

Scientists on the project — who published their findings in Cell Reports Physical Science on Tuesday00335-7?utm_campaign=Press%20Package&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_TT-QMPJgv8YcVzkLOK2tPY7xQbRIRxuhuTunpTT3sBTir0WF3sYfq0rSKTRqQup4s5jw9bprvYLF84yTMwKuGLSr1pEqUHpLVTWEbcdvhibkcDdc&_hsmi=312632330&utm_content=312632330&utm_source=hs_email#secsectitle0085) — believe the living skin could be a key step in creating robots that heal and feel like humans.

https://nypost.com/2024/06/25/tech/scientists-create-robot-face-with-lab-grown-living-skin/