Self healing skin brings Terminator robots one step closer

Cutting your hand, tearing a muscle, or even breaking a bone are all injuries that will heal over time. Now experts have created a synthetic skin that aims to mimic nature's self-repairing abilities, allowing robots to recover from'wounds' sustained while undertaking their duties. Further development of the technology could also allow Terminator-style killer robots, built for the battlefield, to repair the damage they sustain in combat. Cutting your hand, tearing a muscle, or even breaking a bone are all injuries that will heal over time. Now experts have created a synthetic skin (pictured on robotic hand) that aims to mimic nature's self-repairing abilities To create their synthetic flesh, the scientists used jelly-like polymers that melt into each together when heated and then cooled. When damaged, these materials first recover their original shape and then heal completely.