Using high-quality, low-cost graphene, researchers from the University of Exeter have created a transparent, flexible touch-sensor that could enable the development of artificial skin.

The Exeter team grew graphene in an industrial cold-wall CVD system recently developed by UK graphene company Moorfield. The nanoCVD system mass-produces graphene with present facilities rather than requiring them to build new manufacturing plants.

The engineers believe that the sensors can be used not just to create more flexible electronics, like healthcare technologies and wearables, but also a flexible electronic skin that will revolutionize robots of the future.

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