The following report is by The Mainichi Times:
The device will apparently help elucidate the process of wrinkle formation and reduce animal testing in cosmetics and drug development.
The researchers even managed to develop a unique structure that mimics the way muscle movement is transmitted to the skin, enabling the robot to smile.
Most conventional humanoid robots use soft silicone rubber as skin. To make the facial robot more human-like, the team cultured human skin cells and created facial skin approximately 2 millimeters thick and 25 mm in diameter, consisting of a dermic layer and an epidermal layer.
The conventional method of attaching such living tissue to artificial objects such as robots is to hook them onto protrusions, but this method has the problem of making them look unnatural and move awkwardly. By using the structure of human subcutaneous tissue as a reference, the team developed a new mechanism that attaches living tissue by inserting it into holes drilled in the robot’s surface. This enables the robotic face to move smoothly.
Previously, the team has also developed a finger-shaped robot covered with a similar skin. Shoji Takeuchi, professor of mechanical engineering at the University of Tokyo, said, “In the future, we would like to integrate the skin with functions such as nerves and blood vessels with a robot that moves using muscles made from muscle cells to make it more human-like.”
The paper was published in the scientific journal Cell Reports Physical Science on June 26th.
AUTHOR COMMENTARY
If you’re having trouble sleeping at night, here is some more nightmare fuel for ya!
Psalm 115:4 Their idols are silver and gold, the work of men’s hands. [5] They have mouths, but they speak not: eyes have they, but they see not: [6] They have ears, but they hear not: noses have they, but they smell not: [7] They have hands, but they handle not: feet have they, but they walk not: neither speak they through their throat. [8] They that make them are like unto them; so is every one that trusteth in them.
This push to not only make robots but ones that resemble us as much as possible, is just idol-making with a new spin. Ecclesiastes 6:10 says: “That which hath been is named already, and it is known that it is man: neither may he contend with him that is mightier than he.”
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[7] Who goeth a warfare any time at his own charges? who planteth a vineyard, and eateth not of the fruit thereof? or who feedeth a flock, and eateth not of the milk of the flock? [8] Say I these things as a man? or saith not the law the same also? [9] For it is written in the law of Moses, Thou shalt not muzzle the mouth of the ox that treadeth out the corn. Doth God take care for oxen? [10] Or saith he it altogether for our sakes? For our sakes, no doubt, this is written: that he that ploweth should plow in hope; and that he that thresheth in hope should be partaker of his hope. (1 Corinthians 9:7-10).
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The first image that popped in my head was Thomas the train LOL!
You’re right!
Bust my buffers!
Haha! Yeah I knew that face looked uncanny. Thomas the Tank Engine is creepy to be honest.
Thanks for the reporting brother Jacob!
An interesting thought that came to me after reading Psalm 115:4, is that silver and gold are important for certain integrated circuits and other electronic components:
https://thermtest.com/silver-in-electronics
https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/302551/why-is-gold-preferred-over-silver-for-bond-wire
Although the verse seems to talk more about physical idols (like various statues, icons, paintings, etc.), precious materials are also used in ‘electronic idols’.
Absolutely. Smart phones and all that stuff included!