Wednesday 18 July 2007

Snot for 'Bots

Synthetic mucus might help the robot nose smell trouble.


The robotic schnozz can sniff for bombs and air pollution, along with other simple chemicals, but it still can't tell a smushed banana from a sprig of peppermint. Now researchers at the University of Warwick in England have hit upon a way to dramatically improve a robot's sense of smell: synthetic snot.

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