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No one could turn down a humanoid robot with human-like tactile sensitivity. JQ Industries equipped the Unitree G1 humanoid robot with a fabric-based electronic skin (piezoresistive flexible tactile sensors). A light touch can convert pressure, deformation, and slip into electrical signals, which are then processed by AI for real-time closed-loop control.(Integrates NVIDIA Isaac Sim) With this skin,humanoid robots start to behave more naturally: Touch sensing is no longer limited to dexterous hands,the entire body can feel, allowing the robot to stop or adjust posture instantly during collisions. It can also detect hugs, taps on the shoulder, or gentle touches, and respond in a softer, more human-like way. This matters especially in elder care and medical rehabilitation. A humanoid robot could gently help someone stand up, or control force precisely during assisted massage without harming the skin. Rigid mechanical systems deliver superhuman physical strength, while flexible sensing systems enable nuanced emotions. Electronic skin bridges high intelligence and high emotional intelligence.

No one could turn down a humanoid robot with human-like tactile sensitivity. JQ Industries equipped the Unitree G1 humanoid robot with a fabric-based electronic skin (piezoresistive flexible tactile sensors). A light touch can convert pressure, deformation, and slip into electrical signals, which are then processed by AI for real-time closed-loop control.(Integrates NVIDIA Isaac Sim) With this skin,humanoid robots start to behave more naturally: Touch sensing is no longer limited to dexterous hands,the entire body can feel, allowing the robot to stop or adjust posture instantly during collisions. It can also detect hugs, taps on the shoulder, or gentle touches, and respond in a softer, more human-like way. This matters especially in elder care and medical rehabilitation. A humanoid robot could gently help someone stand up, or control force precisely during assisted massage without harming the skin. Rigid mechanical systems deliver superhuman physical strength, while flexible sensing systems enable nuanced emotions. Electronic skin bridges high intelligence and high emotional intelligence.

CyberRobo

22,118 views • 4 months ago

Who can say no to a humanoid robot that can actually feel a hug? 🤖 JQ Industries just built a fabric-based electronic skin for Unitree G1 — covering the torso, hands, and feet. This is not about appearance. It’s about giving robots real tactile sensing and pressure feedback. According to the company, the system includes tactile gloves, upper-body skin, and foot sensors. That means the robot can feel contact through its hands, detect pressure across its body, and use foot feedback to adjust balance. This is the missing layer in most humanoids. Vision alone can’t handle physical interaction. Robots need touch to grip safely, react to humans, and stay stable in real-world environments. JQ says its fiber sensors can detect forces as low as 0.01N, handle up to 3500kPa, and bend below 0.1mm radius. The system can also integrate with Isaac Sim, making tactile data usable for training and deployment. Unitree G1 is already built for manipulation and control — this adds the sensing layer it lacked. JQ says it’s now working with multiple humanoid companies, with some systems already shipping at scale. This is what happens when robots stop just seeing the world — and start physically feeling it.

Who can say no to a humanoid robot that can actually feel a hug? 🤖 JQ Industries just built a fabric-based electronic skin for Unitree G1 — covering the torso, hands, and feet. This is not about appearance. It’s about giving robots real tactile sensing and pressure feedback. According to the company, the system includes tactile gloves, upper-body skin, and foot sensors. That means the robot can feel contact through its hands, detect pressure across its body, and use foot feedback to adjust balance. This is the missing layer in most humanoids. Vision alone can’t handle physical interaction. Robots need touch to grip safely, react to humans, and stay stable in real-world environments. JQ says its fiber sensors can detect forces as low as 0.01N, handle up to 3500kPa, and bend below 0.1mm radius. The system can also integrate with Isaac Sim, making tactile data usable for training and deployment. Unitree G1 is already built for manipulation and control — this adds the sensing layer it lacked. JQ says it’s now working with multiple humanoid companies, with some systems already shipping at scale. This is what happens when robots stop just seeing the world — and start physically feeling it.

RoboHub🤖

10,952 views • 4 months ago

Can we bring human-like Touch to robots🤖? Introducing our CoRL work on 3D-ViTac. Humans rely on both vision 👁️ and touch 🫳 for complex tasks. With combined visual-tactile sensing, robots can now tackle challenging tasks, like precise in-hand reorientation, fragile objects grasping. Website: #Robotics #CoRL2024 #Touch #tactile #AI #ML

Can we bring human-like Touch to robots🤖? Introducing our CoRL work on 3D-ViTac. Humans rely on both vision 👁️ and touch 🫳 for complex tasks. With combined visual-tactile sensing, robots can now tackle challenging tasks, like precise in-hand reorientation, fragile objects grasping. Website: #Robotics #CoRL2024 #Touch #tactile #AI #ML

Binghao Huang

49,544 views • 1 year ago

Holy…S😳 This isn’t fabric. It’s electronic skin,woven with dense fiber and textile sensors that can detect pressure, touch, deformation, and subtle contact changes in real time. Now imagine humanoid robots covered in it,especially on dexterous hands. humanoids could truly touch and understand the physical world and even humans. (from Shanghai JQ INDUSTRIES )

Holy…S😳 This isn’t fabric. It’s electronic skin,woven with dense fiber and textile sensors that can detect pressure, touch, deformation, and subtle contact changes in real time. Now imagine humanoid robots covered in it,especially on dexterous hands. humanoids could truly touch and understand the physical world and even humans. (from Shanghai JQ INDUSTRIES )

CyberRobo

173,565 views • 4 months ago

A lot of hype around giving robots touch. That's the OG tactile sensing. FORCE. ~~ ♻️ Join the weekly robotics newsletter, and never miss any news →

A lot of hype around giving robots touch. That's the OG tactile sensing. FORCE. ~~ ♻️ Join the weekly robotics newsletter, and never miss any news →

Lukas Ziegler

216,986 views • 2 months ago

We visited Paxini in Shenzhen, a company focused on the sense of touch for robots. We got hands-on with their dual-modal Dexter Hands (cameras + tactile sensors) and their Tora Double One humanoid. Humanoid robots will need this touch layer to get truly dexterous. Lena RoboHub🤖

We visited Paxini in Shenzhen, a company focused on the sense of touch for robots. We got hands-on with their dual-modal Dexter Hands (cameras + tactile sensors) and their Tora Double One humanoid. Humanoid robots will need this touch layer to get truly dexterous. Lena RoboHub🤖

The Humanoid Hub

26,704 views • 1 month ago

Tactile sensing is gaining traction, but slowly. Why? Because integration remains difficult. But what if adding touch sensors to your robot was as easy as hitting “print”? Introducing eFlesh: a 3D-printable, customizable tactile sensor. Shape it. Size it. Print it. 🧶👇

Tactile sensing is gaining traction, but slowly. Why? Because integration remains difficult. But what if adding touch sensors to your robot was as easy as hitting “print”? Introducing eFlesh: a 3D-printable, customizable tactile sensor. Shape it. Size it. Print it. 🧶👇

Raunaq Bhirangi

85,876 views • 1 year ago

Introducing tactile skin sim-to-real for dexterous in-hand translation! We propose a simulation model for ReSkin, a magnetic tactile sensing skin. It can simulate ternary shear and binary normal forces. More:

Introducing tactile skin sim-to-real for dexterous in-hand translation! We propose a simulation model for ReSkin, a magnetic tactile sensing skin. It can simulate ternary shear and binary normal forces. More:

Haozhi Qi

33,513 views • 2 years ago

Touch used to be the final frontier for robots. Not anymore. DM-Hand1 by Hong Kong DaimonRobotics Technology combines vision and tactile sensing, letting machines detect texture, weight shifts, and movement in real time. This changes everything. Not just what robots can hold, but how they interact. They can now sort through clutter, handle fragile objects, and assist in tasks that used to need human touch. That includes healthcare. Elderly care. Rehab. Spaces that were once designed only for people… may not stay that way for long. We’re not just teaching robots to see. We’re teaching them to feel. Would you trust one?

Touch used to be the final frontier for robots. Not anymore. DM-Hand1 by Hong Kong DaimonRobotics Technology combines vision and tactile sensing, letting machines detect texture, weight shifts, and movement in real time. This changes everything. Not just what robots can hold, but how they interact. They can now sort through clutter, handle fragile objects, and assist in tasks that used to need human touch. That includes healthcare. Elderly care. Rehab. Spaces that were once designed only for people… may not stay that way for long. We’re not just teaching robots to see. We’re teaching them to feel. Would you trust one?

Lukas Ziegler

54,455 views • 1 year ago

This technology could change robotics and electronic circuits forever. Do not believe me? Watch the video. These stretchable printed circuits use serpentine conductive tracks that can bend twist and expand while maintaining their electrical connections. For humanoid robots this could enable flexible electronic skin tactile sensors soft joints and embedded electronics that move with the robot instead of restricting it. Rigid PCBs remain a major limitation for soft robotics and machines designed to imitate biological movement. Stretchable electronics could place sensors and computing directly inside deformable surfaces. The next generation of AI robots may not simply move like living systems. Their electronic circuits could stretch and deform with them. This is where Humanoid Robotics Physical AI Electronic Skin and Flexible Electronics begin to converge. #HumanoidRobots #PhysicalAI #FlexibleElectronics

This technology could change robotics and electronic circuits forever. Do not believe me? Watch the video. These stretchable printed circuits use serpentine conductive tracks that can bend twist and expand while maintaining their electrical connections. For humanoid robots this could enable flexible electronic skin tactile sensors soft joints and embedded electronics that move with the robot instead of restricting it. Rigid PCBs remain a major limitation for soft robotics and machines designed to imitate biological movement. Stretchable electronics could place sensors and computing directly inside deformable surfaces. The next generation of AI robots may not simply move like living systems. Their electronic circuits could stretch and deform with them. This is where Humanoid Robotics Physical AI Electronic Skin and Flexible Electronics begin to converge. #HumanoidRobots #PhysicalAI #FlexibleElectronics

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63,106 views • 18 days ago

Seeing the ultra-realistic humanoid robot Moya casually walking into a human home， it still feels like a scene from a sci-fi movie… At 1.65m and 30kg, with 40 facial muscle units, a full tendon-cable drive system, over 100 degrees of freedom, warm silicone skin (32–36°C), full-body tactile sensing, voice interaction, and that DroidSoul engine giving it emotional perception like an amygdala--it’s designed as a true companion for home, elderly Care, office, or hotel… What does it really mean when humanoid robots start feeling this… human?

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CyberRobo

27,671 views • 1 month ago

Now all you need to make tactile sensors is a 3D printer, magnets, and magnetometers! [📍It’s open source!] A new tactile sensor, called e-Flesh, with a simple working principle… measure deformations in 3D printable microstructures. Since e-Flesh is 3D printable, you can make it in all shapes and sizes for applications ranging from foot fall sensing to multifingered hands. This is critical in getting touch not just on fingertips, but all around robots. eFlesh can democratize touch sensing with open-sourced❗️ Make your own: Paper:

Now all you need to make tactile sensors is a 3D printer, magnets, and magnetometers! [📍It’s open source!] A new tactile sensor, called e-Flesh, with a simple working principle… measure deformations in 3D printable microstructures. Since e-Flesh is 3D printable, you can make it in all shapes and sizes for applications ranging from foot fall sensing to multifingered hands. This is critical in getting touch not just on fingertips, but all around robots. eFlesh can democratize touch sensing with open-sourced❗️ Make your own: Paper:

Ilir Aliu

154,910 views • 6 months ago

Today at Meta FAIR we’re announcing three new cutting-edge developments in robotics and touch perception — and releasing a collection of artifacts to empower the community to build on this work. Details on all of this new work ➡️ 1️⃣ Meta Sparsh is the first general-purpose encoder for vision-based tactile sensing that works across many tactile sensors and many tasks. Trained on 460K+ tactile images using self-supervised learning. 2️⃣ Meta Digit 360 is a breakthrough artificial fingertip-based tactile sensor, equipped with 18+ sensing features to deliver detailed touch data with human-level precision and touch-sensing capabilities. 3️⃣ Meta Digit Plexus is a standardized platform for robotic sensor connections and interactions. It provides a hardware-software solution to integrate tactile sensors on a single robot hand and enables seamless data collection, control and analysis over a single cable. The potential impact of expanding capabilities and components like these for the open source community ranges from medical research to supply chain, manufacturing and much more. We’re excited to continue this work with the broader community.

Today at Meta FAIR we’re announcing three new cutting-edge developments in robotics and touch perception — and releasing a collection of artifacts to empower the community to build on this work. Details on all of this new work ➡️ 1️⃣ Meta Sparsh is the first general-purpose encoder for vision-based tactile sensing that works across many tactile sensors and many tasks. Trained on 460K+ tactile images using self-supervised learning. 2️⃣ Meta Digit 360 is a breakthrough artificial fingertip-based tactile sensor, equipped with 18+ sensing features to deliver detailed touch data with human-level precision and touch-sensing capabilities. 3️⃣ Meta Digit Plexus is a standardized platform for robotic sensor connections and interactions. It provides a hardware-software solution to integrate tactile sensors on a single robot hand and enables seamless data collection, control and analysis over a single cable. The potential impact of expanding capabilities and components like these for the open source community ranges from medical research to supply chain, manufacturing and much more. We’re excited to continue this work with the broader community.

AI at Meta

453,343 views • 1 year ago

🤖ROBOTS ARE GETTING SMARTER AT TOUCHING THE REAL WORLD Researchers from UC Berkeley, NVIDIA and Stanford introduced T-Rex, a framework that combines vision, language and tactile sensing. Instead of relying on cameras alone, robots can now respond to physical contact in real time. Robots are no longer just seeing objects. They’re learning how to FEEL them.

🤖ROBOTS ARE GETTING SMARTER AT TOUCHING THE REAL WORLD Researchers from UC Berkeley, NVIDIA and Stanford introduced T-Rex, a framework that combines vision, language and tactile sensing. Instead of relying on cameras alone, robots can now respond to physical contact in real time. Robots are no longer just seeing objects. They’re learning how to FEEL them.

Coin Bureau

28,275 views • 1 month ago

Humanoid robots train for the first World Humanoid Robot Games taking place in Beijing, as part of an effort to push the boundaries of AI and robotics through sport

Humanoid robots train for the first World Humanoid Robot Games taking place in Beijing, as part of an effort to push the boundaries of AI and robotics through sport

Reuters

45,269 views • 1 year ago

The hand is the bridge to the emergence of intelligence. Impressively humanoid and flexible robotic hands. Soft skin covers the fingers, enabling them to sense pulses, grasp small components, and perform high-precision tasks. »Tendon-tethered actuation »21 DOF »30kg payload per hand, 2.3kg per finger »33 human-like grasping motions »Multi-tactile electronic skin covers the entire palm »Extremely robust »Customizable development Made by Shenzhen Yuansheng( "源升"） Intelligent

The hand is the bridge to the emergence of intelligence. Impressively humanoid and flexible robotic hands. Soft skin covers the fingers, enabling them to sense pulses, grasp small components, and perform high-precision tasks. »Tendon-tethered actuation »21 DOF »30kg payload per hand, 2.3kg per finger »33 human-like grasping motions »Multi-tactile electronic skin covers the entire palm »Extremely robust »Customizable development Made by Shenzhen Yuansheng( "源升"） Intelligent

CyberRobo

16,342 views • 11 months ago

Hands are the bridge for the emergence of intelligence. DM-Hand1, developed by Shenzhen DaimonRobotics, is a humanoid hand equipped with visual and tactile sensors, enabling robots to perceive any object and its changes and respond appropriately. This means humanoid robots equipped with this hand show strong potential in precision tasks, cluttered item sorting, and especially in service roles like elderly care.

Hands are the bridge for the emergence of intelligence. DM-Hand1, developed by Shenzhen DaimonRobotics, is a humanoid hand equipped with visual and tactile sensors, enabling robots to perceive any object and its changes and respond appropriately. This means humanoid robots equipped with this hand show strong potential in precision tasks, cluttered item sorting, and especially in service roles like elderly care.

CyberRobo

97,691 views • 1 year ago

More beautiful robot hands. This one from Sharpa The hand uses what they call a Dynamic Tactile Array, meaning vision and touch work together and their SaTA (Spatially-anchored Tactile Awareness) algorithm. Each fingertip includes a mini camera and 1,000+ tactile pixels, hitting 0.005N pressure sensitivity. With 22 DOF and 6D force sensing, it can do everything from eggs to tools.

More beautiful robot hands. This one from Sharpa The hand uses what they call a Dynamic Tactile Array, meaning vision and touch work together and their SaTA (Spatially-anchored Tactile Awareness) algorithm. Each fingertip includes a mini camera and 1,000+ tactile pixels, hitting 0.005N pressure sensitivity. With 22 DOF and 6D force sensing, it can do everything from eggs to tools.

Rohan Paul

41,775 views • 7 months ago