Frubber

{{About-distinguish-text|face rubber|the act of frubbing}}

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Frubber (from "flesh rubber") is a patented{{cite web|title=Innovations / Technology|url=http://www.hansonrobotics.com/about/innovations-technology/|website=Hanson Robotics|accessdate=23 November 2017}} elastic form of rubber used in robotics.{{cite web |url=http://www.hansonrobotics.com/hanson-robotics-at-wireds-nextfest-unveiling-zeno/ |title=Hanson Breakthroughs, from Science to Art - Hanson Robotics Inc |website=www.hansonrobotics.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140521210424/http://www.hansonrobotics.com/hanson-robotics-at-wireds-nextfest-unveiling-zeno/ |archive-date=2014-05-21}} The spongy elastomer{{cite web| last1=Hart |first1=Matthew|title='Frubber'-covered robot faces are disturbingly realistic | date=23 March 2016 | publisher=Nerdist |url=https://nerdist.com/frubber-covered-robot-faces-are-disturbingly-realistic/|accessdate=23 November 2017}} has been used by Hanson Robotics for the face of its android robots, including Einstein 3{{cite web |last=Hanson |first=David|title=Einstein 3 |date=6 January 2013 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qbkdt8Wg1EQ |publisher=YouTube |accessdate=19 December 2014}} and Sophia.{{cite web|title=How it feels to meet Sophia, a machine with a human face | date= 6 September 2017 |url=http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20170906-how-it-feels-to-meet-sophia-a-machine-with-a-human-face|website=BBC|accessdate=23 November 2017}}