AI 'skin' designed to help NASA astronauts explore space will 'learn by itself'

Artificial intelligence scientist Rebecca Kramer-Bottiglio and her team at Yale University have created a robotic skin to wrap around everyday objects and turn them into a functioning robot. Video footage shows the skin being wrapped around a teddy bear in order to help it walk. But it can be used on a number of different objects as well as being directly wearable – and that's why it is so helpful for the space agency. Currenly building, programming and sending robots on missions outside of Earth is very expensive.