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Artificial skin? We made it — here's why

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Anna Maria Coclite |

TEDxVienna

• October 2022

Material scientist Anna Maria Coclite unveils "smart skin" — artificial skin technology that responds to touch, temperature and humidity like your very own. (It's actually even more sensitive than human skin!) From helping burn victims to paving the way to smarter, safer humanoid robots, Coclite highlights the broad-ranging potential of this innovation.

Material scientist Anna Maria Coclite unveils "smart skin" — artificial skin technology that responds to touch, temperature and humidity like your very own. (It's actually even more sensitive than human skin!) From helping burn victims to paving the way to smarter, safer humanoid robots, Coclite highlights the broad-ranging potential of this innovation.

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Anna Maria Coclite

Anna Maria Coclite

Material scientist

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Anna Maria Coclite is an associate professor in the Institute of Solid State Physics of the Graz University of Technology in Austria.

Smartcore Project | European Research Council, 2016 | Article

"Smart skin with precise sensing properties"

Anna Maria Coclite et al. | Wiley, 2022 | Article

"Smart Core-Shell Nanostructures for Force, Humidity, and Temperature Multi-Stimuli Responsiveness"

Anna Maria Coclite et al. | ACS Publications, 2023 | Article

"Enhancement of the Sensing Performance of Devices based on Multistimuli-Responsive Hybrid Materials"

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