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	Podcast:		Science Nation
	Episode:		Giving robots and prostheses the human touch
	Category:		Science & Medicine
	Duration:		00:03:47
	Publish Date:		2015-04-03 09:00:00
	Description:		Research engineers and students in the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Biomechatronics Lab are designing artificial limbs to be more sensational, with the emphasis on sensation. With support from the National Science Foundation (NSF), the team, led by mechanical engineer Veronica J. Santos, is constructing a language of touch that both a computer and a human can understand. The researchers are quantifying this with mechanical touch sensors that interact with objects of various shapes, sizes and textures. Using an array of instrumentation, Santos' team is able to translate that interaction into data a computer can understand.
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