This Robot Has Smart... Skin?! | What The Future

Meet Geno 1, the new humanoid robot from Italian company Generative Biomechanics. On its arms are two different kinds of sensors which can feel touch and detect when something is nearby. These are time of flight sensors which are constantly sending out invisible light and measuring the time it takes for that light to bounce back and return to the sensor.They can detect nearby people and objects before they're even touching the robot. >> So here I'm I'm putting my hand near the proximity sensor on the upper ...