There’s a nightmarish scene in Guillermo del Toro’s 2006 movie Pan’s Labyrinth in which we are confronted by a sinister humanoid creature called the Pale Man. With no eyes in his monstrous, hairless ...

A new approach to simulating biologically inspired robotics can cut the design and training of tactile robots from eighteen months to two weeks, new research suggests. Published in Cyborg & Bionic ...

Skoltech researchers in collaboration with Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University, Lomonosov Moscow State University, and Sechenov Institute of Evolutionary Physiology and Biochemistry of the Russian ...

There’s a sixth sense that several mammals use to make sense of the world: a group of specialised sensory hair, we call whiskers. Cats and mice have them, and so do elephants And they are no ...

A highly sensitive, 3D-printed fingertip could help robots become more dexterous and improve the performance of prosthetic hands by giving them an in-built sense of touch. Machines can beat the ...

Babies and toddlers explore and learn about the world through their senses. Sensory play is a great way to stimulate and engage your child’s mind. You can use toys to stimulate their sense of touch, ...

Many video games are designed with the aim to transport the player into an alternative world so that they feel like they are genuinely a part of it. Game developers often use sensorial, full-body ...