Robots with real skin on their face boast self-healing abilities and an 'increasingly lifelike appearance', report scientists at the University of Tokyo.

A team of scientists unveiled a robot face covered with a delicate layer of living skin that heals itself and crinkles into a smile in hopes of developing more human-like cyborgs.

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Actuators connected to the base allowed the face to move, with the living skin flexing. The researchers also covered a static 3D-printed head shape with the engineered skin.