Engineering Spidey Senses (IMAGE)

Purdue University

Engineering Spidey Senses

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In nature, 'spidey-senses' are activated by a force associated with an approaching object. Researchers are giving autonomous machines the same ability through sensors that change shape when prompted by a predetermined level of force.

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ETH Zürich images/Hortense Le Ferrand

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