A slower, more meandering pattern emerges when the robot is "sad". The message is emphasised by a screen showing the corresponding expression on an animated face.

Dec 06, 2021 'My robot is a softie': Physical texture influences judgments of robot personality (Nanowerk News) Impressions of a robot’s personality can be influenced by the way it looks, sounds, and ...

Robot with a 'textured hand' can detect more than 100 different materials with just a fingertip - with an accuracy that is already better than man. By EDDIE WRENN FOR MAILONLINE .

In a flash, an octopus can make like ragged-edged seaweed or coral by changing the color and texture of its skin, thus becoming nearly invisible in its environment. This technology could one day be ...

Then they place the pieces in a random pattern front of the robots, which eyeball the wood with the 3-D camera. So the researchers give the robots a list of tasks, then the robots take it from there.