Media mention: ‘The future is soft’
July 5, 2022
Where: Happy Valley Industry, “The future is soft”
Who: Cunjiang Yu, Dorothy Quiggle Career Development Associate Professor of Engineering Science and Mechanics and associate professor of biomedical engineering
What: Cunjiang Yu, Dorothy Quiggle Career Development Associate Professor of Engineering Science and Mechanics and associate professor of biomedical engineering, recently was featured in a Happy Valley Industry Q&A. He discussed his team’s research in developing an artificial skin that mimics both the elasticity and neurologic functions of the skin of cephalopods, such as octopuses, squid and cuttlefish. The artificial skin has potential applications for neurorobotics, skin prosthetics and artificial organs.