Robots learn to sweat to stop overheating

Sweat, robot, sweat, robot: a close-up of one of the soft robotic “fingers” sweating. | Image: Mishra et al For the roboticist who has everything, here’s something new: a soft robot hand that sweats.Designed to handle scenarios where long operating hours might lead to a robot overheating and its performance degrading, this three-fingered gripper stays cool by borrowing one of humanity’s greatest attributes: our sweat glands.Humans sweat to avoid overheating; robots can s