Researchers have pioneered a method that involves injecting artificially grown skin into tiny holes in a robot's skeleton, so the skin can extend v-shaped hooks known as "perforation-type anchors" and bind to the surface without drooping away. (Image credit: Shoji Takeuchi, Institute of Industrial Science (IIS), the University of Tokyo) Robots of the future could be wrapped in lifelike skin that can repair itself, in a similar way to the way human skin heals, thanks to a novel approach involving...