robot touch

The GelSight Fin Ray gripper holds a glass Mason jar with its tactile sensing. Photo courtesy of MIT CSAIL.
A new approach to tactile sensing is based on inexpensive components that can meet or exceed the sensitivity of human skin
The GelSight Fin Ray gripper holds a glass Mason jar with its tactile sensing. Photo
A new way for robots to sense human touch
Cornell University Cornell researchers have created a low-cost way to enable soft robots to detect
Robots get a sense of touch

GelSight technology lets robots gauge objects’ hardness and manipulate small tools Eight years ago, Ted