Researchers have developed a robotic skin that can stretch to six times its original size, light up and even change color.

Scientists at Cornell University, where the work on the soft skin is being done, said the technology could lead to significant advances in health care, transportation and communications.

“This material can stretch with the body of a soft robot, and that’s what our group does,” Rob Shepherd, assistant professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering at Cornell, said in a statement. “It allows robots to change their color and it also allows displays to change their shape.”

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