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She’ll tell you if it hurts

The figure in the dentist’s chair can say “ouch” and her eyes may flash in pain but...

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The figure in the dentist’s chair can say “ouch” and her eyes may flash in pain but, trust us, she’s not feeling a thing: She’s an animated robot with a high-tech set of pearly whites. Doctors are currently testing the robot, Simroid, at Tokyo’s Nippon Dental University. It has lifelike silicon skin and teeth equipped with sensors that can detect mistakes that might cause a real patient pain

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