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Engineers predict a time when people and robots physically interact all day long. For that to happen safely will require new soft materials that can do things like sense touch and change shape.
The history of the rubber 'boom' reveals why.
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Emeritus Professor of Anthropology, Goldsmiths, University of London
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Postdoctoral Research Associate in Materials Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University
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Digital Collections (Scholarship) Manager at King’s College London Archives and Research Collections; Visiting Fellow in Digital Humanities, School of Advanced Study
