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Re:Show HN: Put this touch sensor on a robot and learn super... by wdwvt1 on Friday September 20, 2024 @06:36PM (#41606110)
Very cool! This kind of material is potentially very interesting for biotech/lab automation tasks. Any info on surviving sterilization techniques (autoclave, ethylene oxide, clydox, etc)?
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Re:Show HN: Put this touch sensor on a robot and learn super... by aDyslecticCrow on Saturday September 21, 2024 @12:55PM (#41611167)
The exact soft polymer doesn't seem to matter, and the magnetic particles are protected as well.

So rather than this specific study, if there is any soft polymer that would survive sterilization techniques, you could make the skin out of that specifically for this purpose (or give the robot a glove).

So, that's a question of commercialization and product range rather than the technique itself.

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